Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 146
VBR	# 12	# 152

Projections

Runs	34	25
Home Runs	13	9
RBI	35	27
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.264	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	# 162

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	# 130

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	# 170

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	# 164

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 110

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 276

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	350	367

Runs	62	46

Hits	89	77

Singles	52	40

Doubles	15	17

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	21	20

RBI	69	54

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	78	45

Strikeouts	139	133

Batting Average	.254	.210

On Base Pct	.394	.302

Slugging Pct	.483	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.877	.721

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	181

Runs	34	25

Hits	48	41

Singles	26	23

Doubles	9	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	9

RBI	35	27

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	22

Strikeouts	65	57

Batting Average	.264	.226

On Base Pct	.378	.319

Slugging Pct	.533	.430

On-base Plus Slugging	.911	.749

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
News
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's loss to the Orioles with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Nick Kurtz went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Twins with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-3 with a walk and a homer in a 5-1 win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Angels with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Nick Kurtz took batting practice in the cage on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Spencer Torkelson went 1-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	The Athletics could activate Nick Kurtz this weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 1-for-3 with a walk and a three-run homer in a 6-1 win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

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