Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Jacob Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 208	# 309
VBR	# 608	# 637

Projections

Strikeouts	38	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	4.37
WHIP	1.44	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 180	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 182	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 382	# 395

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 266	# 228

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	37

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	59.2	62.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	66	47

Earned Runs	44	25

Home Runs Allowed	11	7

Strikeouts	49	63

Walks	36	31

ERA	6.64	3.63

WHIP	1.71	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	24

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	40.6	21.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	39	20

Earned Runs	22	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	38	21

Walks	18	9

ERA	4.79	4.37

WHIP	1.44	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
News
	Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Athletics recalled LHP Jacob Lopez from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Athletics have optioned left-hander Jacob Lopez to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH			AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Jacob Lopez (2026)

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