Who Should I Trade?

Nick Loftin for Nicky Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 283	‐
VBR	# 1124	# 1136

Projections

Runs	7	8
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	6	5
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.240	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 385	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	264	195

Runs	33	19

Hits	61	53

Singles	35	48

Doubles	20	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	35	21

Stolen Bases	2	5

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	31	9

Strikeouts	47	36

Batting Average	.231	.272

On Base Pct	.321	.313

Slugging Pct	.371	.313

On-base Plus Slugging	.693	.625

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	56	71

Runs	7	8

Hits	14	17

Singles	9	14

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	6	5

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	6	6

Strikeouts	11	13

Batting Average	.240	.237

On Base Pct	.321	.298

Slugging Pct	.369	.291

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.589

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
News
	Nick Loftin went 2-for-2 in loss to the Dodgers with a double, one run scored and one stolen base while drawing two walks. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th	Nicky Lopez went 3-for-5 with a stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. The three-hit performance extended his hitting streak to nine games. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
	Nick Loftin went 1-for-3 in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers with a solo home run, a run scored and an RBI while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	The Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Cubs selected the contract of INF Nicky Lopez from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF,RF - KC			Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#309
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#108
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#309
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#297
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#363
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#410	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#321
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#143
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#172
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#302
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#408
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#302
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Mar 31st				@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#284
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Loftin for Nicky Lopez (2026)

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