Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Yandy Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 39
VBR	# 204	# 38

Projections

Runs	15	24
Home Runs	6	6
RBI	15	22
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.261	.287

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 33	# 37

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	# 37

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	# 53

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	# 75

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 40

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	# 35

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	448

Runs	62	67

Hits	89	135

Singles	52	96

Doubles	15	21

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	21	17

RBI	69	68

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	79	43

Strikeouts	141	73

Batting Average	.253	.301

On Base Pct	.394	.370

Slugging Pct	.480	.467

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	.837

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	82	163

Runs	15	24

Hits	21	47

Singles	11	33

Doubles	4	8

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	6

RBI	15	22

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	18

Strikeouts	29	28

Batting Average	.261	.287

On Base Pct	.377	.364

Slugging Pct	.527	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.904	.809

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB
News
	Athletics manager Mark Kotsay told reporters Nick Kurtz is unlikely to return this season. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Yandy Diaz went 1-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored and an RBI in Tuesday’s 12-4 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 12th
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Yandy Diaz went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI in Monday's 10-6 win against the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 11th
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Yandy Diaz went 4-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI in Sunday's 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Yandy Diaz went 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, two runs scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's 9-7 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	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	Yandy Diaz went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Texas Rangers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
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			Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#188	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#401
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#126	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#124
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#279	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#124	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#411
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#266
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Kurtz for Yandy Diaz (2026)

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