Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Jack Leiter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	# 273
VBR	# 443	# 697

Projections

Strikeouts	19	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	4.40
WHIP	1.36	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 199	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 192	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	# 396

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 186	# 167

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	25

Games Started	15	15

Innings Pitched	80.0	94.2

Wins	3	6

Losses	7	7

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	115

Earned Runs	48	50

Home Runs Allowed	14	17

Strikeouts	83	76

Walks	35	28

ERA	5.40	4.75

WHIP	1.44	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	10

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	19.5	10.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	11

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	9

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.28	4.40

WHIP	1.36	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
News
	Jack Leiter will make one more rehab start later this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	The Cubs added Aaron Civale to their 26-man roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Rangers sent Jack Leiter on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Aaron Civale is being traded from the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th
	Jack Leiter will make a rehab start for Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Athletics designated RHP Aaron Civale for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Jack Leiter is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 2 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	The Rangers transferred RHP Jack Leiter to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX			Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Jack Leiter (2026)

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