Who Should I Trade?

Nicky Lopez for Nolan Arenado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 146	‐
VBR	# 174	# 1155

Projections

Runs	12	6
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.252	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 121	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 147	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 177	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	426	202

Runs	63	20

Hits	102	54

Singles	60	49

Doubles	20	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	21	1

RBI	65	22

Stolen Bases	4	5

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	43	9

Strikeouts	100	38

Batting Average	.239	.267

On Base Pct	.317	.306

Slugging Pct	.439	.307

On-base Plus Slugging	.756	.613

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	51

Runs	12	6

Hits	25	12

Singles	16	10

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	4

Strikeouts	18	9

Batting Average	.252	.231

On Base Pct	.318	.293

Slugging Pct	.409	.273

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.567

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
News
	Nolan Arenado went 2-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Nolan Arenado is back in the Diamondbacks lineup on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Nolan Arenado is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Nolan Arenado said he believes he strained his intercostal muscle Sunday and will undergo an MRI. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Nolan Arenado was removed from Sunday's game early due to left trunk discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	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
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI			Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Nicky Lopez for Nolan Arenado (2026)

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