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 - 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	# 167	# 1142

Projections

Runs	16	8
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	18	6
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.249	.234

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 - ARI	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	404	195

Runs	58	19

Hits	98	53

Singles	57	48

Doubles	20	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	20	1

RBI	62	21

Stolen Bases	4	5

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	42	9

Strikeouts	93	36

Batting Average	.243	.272

On Base Pct	.322	.313

Slugging Pct	.446	.313

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	.625

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


At Bats	131	73

Runs	16	8

Hits	33	17

Singles	22	14

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	18	6

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	11	6

Strikeouts	24	13

Batting Average	.249	.234

On Base Pct	.315	.294

Slugging Pct	.404	.285

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.579

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan Arenado 3B - ARI	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
News
	Nolan Arenado said he believes he strained his intercostal muscle Sunday and will undergo an MRI. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	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 was removed from Sunday's game early due to left trunk discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Nolan Arenado went 2-for-4 with two home runs in the Diamondbacks 10-3 win over the Braves on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Nolan Arenado went 2-for-4 with four RBI in the Diamondbacks 9-0 win over the Rockies on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Nolan Arenado went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 12-8 win over the Guardians on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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 - ARI			Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#49	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#232	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#149	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#49
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#86	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#173	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#245
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#421	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#321
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#116
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#321
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#196
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#233
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#77
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#203	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#226
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#285
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#243
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#380
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#187	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#421	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#379	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#136
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#195
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#225
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#334	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#227
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#183
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#227
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#314
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs ATH
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)	#145
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Nicky Lopez for Nolan Arenado (2026)

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