Who Should I Trade?

Nicky Lopez for Vimael Machin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1155	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	4	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.231	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 294	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Vimael Machin 3B - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	202	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	54	‐

Singles	49	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	22	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Batting Average	.267	‐

On Base Pct	.306	‐

Slugging Pct	.307	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.613	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Vimael Machin 3B - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	51	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Batting Average	.231	‐

On Base Pct	.293	‐

Slugging Pct	.273	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.567	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX	Vimael Machin 3B - COL
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 Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Cubs selected the contract of INF Nicky Lopez from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nicky Lopez 2B,3B,SS - TEX			Vimael Machin 3B - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#299
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#433
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Nicky Lopez for Vimael Machin (2026)

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