Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Alek Jacob (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 403	# 1020

Projections

Strikeouts	23	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.36	4.84
WHIP	1.38	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 209	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	62.2	5.0

Wins	12	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	59	5

Earned Runs	27	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	86	6

Walks	32	2

ERA	3.88	5.40

WHIP	1.45	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	8.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	8

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	23	7

Walks	10	3

ERA	3.36	4.84

WHIP	1.38	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
		The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
		The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
		The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Alek Jacob (2026)

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