Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 105	# 298
VBR	# 255	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	58	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.45	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 192	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 88	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 104	# 293

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 140	# 296

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	24

Games Started	21	2

Innings Pitched	108.1	25.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	121	28

Earned Runs	70	16

Home Runs Allowed	25	3

Strikeouts	112	17

Walks	36	9

ERA	5.82	5.68

WHIP	1.45	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	59.7	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	59	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	4.45	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
News
	Aaron Nola allowed five runs on seven hits while striking out four across 5 1/3 innings against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Aaron Nola allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six across six-plus innings in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 17th	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola will start on Thursday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Aaron Nola gave up two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Friday's 10-2 loss to the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin (elbow) is scheduled to be evaluated by elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister the week of July 13. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Aaron Nola gave up three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 6th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI			Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#64	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#285	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Keegan Akin (2026)

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