Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	‐
VBR	# 18	# 1225

Projections

Runs	20	3
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	20	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.260	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 33	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	‐

Runs	62	‐

Hits	89	‐

Singles	52	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	21	‐

RBI	69	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	79	‐

Strikeouts	141	‐

Batting Average	.253	‐

On Base Pct	.394	‐

Slugging Pct	.480	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	106	23

Runs	20	3

Hits	28	6

Singles	15	3

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	20	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	2

Strikeouts	38	6

Batting Average	.260	.244

On Base Pct	.375	.314

Slugging Pct	.524	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.899	.743

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow 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
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Tyler Austin (2026)

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