Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	# 276
VBR	# 218	# 1084

Projections

Runs	16	10
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	16	10
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.258	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

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	# 259

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 221

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	269

Runs	62	25

Hits	89	60

Singles	52	44

Doubles	15	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	21	7

RBI	69	37

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	79	29

Strikeouts	141	64

Batting Average	.253	.223

On Base Pct	.394	.311

Slugging Pct	.480	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	.646

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	85	85

Runs	16	10

Hits	22	20

Singles	12	15

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	16	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	8

Strikeouts	31	18

Batting Average	.258	.240

On Base Pct	.375	.318

Slugging Pct	.517	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.892	.683

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
News
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 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	Victor Caratini went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 12-3 loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Victor Caratini went 3-for-5 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI, a walk, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#177
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#338
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#271
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#317
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#136	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#158	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#264	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#186
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#117	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#130	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#320
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Victor Caratini (2026)

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