Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Willson Contreras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 65
VBR	# 12	# 36

Projections

Runs	34	29
Home Runs	13	10
RBI	35	32
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.264	.263

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	# 66

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	# 94

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	# 72

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 93

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	# 24

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 36

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	346	347

Runs	62	54

Hits	89	100

Singles	52	58

Doubles	15	18

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	21	22

RBI	69	66

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	77	45

Strikeouts	137	104

Batting Average	.257	.288

On Base Pct	.397	.395

Slugging Pct	.488	.542

On-base Plus Slugging	.885	.937

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	189

Runs	34	29

Hits	48	50

Singles	26	29

Doubles	9	10

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	13	10

RBI	35	32

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	30	22

Strikeouts	65	55

Batting Average	.264	.263

On Base Pct	.378	.361

Slugging Pct	.533	.481

On-base Plus Slugging	.911	.841

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS
News
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Willson Contreras went 1-for-4 in a win over the Blue Jays with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Willson Contreras went 3-for-4 in a win over the Orioles with a double, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Willson Contreras went 1-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Rays with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Nick Kurtz took batting practice in the cage on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Willson Contreras went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	The Athletics could activate Nick Kurtz this weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Willson Contreras will start at first base in Game 2 of Friday's doubleheader against the Rays. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Willson Contreras 1B - BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Willson Contreras (2026)

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