Who Should I Trade?

Nicky Lopez for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1142	# 1315

Projections

Runs	8	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	6	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.242	.152

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 294	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	181	23

Runs	19	2

Hits	51	3

Singles	46	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	20	5

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	32	11

Batting Average	.282	.130

On Base Pct	.321	.167

Slugging Pct	.326	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.647	.558

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	73	7

Runs	8	1

Hits	18	1

Singles	14	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	6	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	13	2

Batting Average	.242	.152

On Base Pct	.302	.226

Slugging Pct	.296	.219

On-base Plus Slugging	.598	.445

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
News
	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	The Astros designated INF Shay Whitcomb for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	The Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Astros optioned INF/OF Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	The Astros recalled Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Astros optioned Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Cubs selected the contract of INF Nicky Lopez from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	Shay Whitcomb was seen in the Astros clubhouse on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX			Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#308	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Nicky Lopez for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

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