Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Aroldis Chapman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 22	‐
VBR	# 189	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	32	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	12	‐
ERA	3.08	‐
WHIP	1.21	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	30.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	21	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	23	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	2.05	‐

WHIP	1.21	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	12	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	3.08	‐

WHIP	1.21	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
News
	Aroldis Chapman walked two batters over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters on 13 pitches in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Aroldis Chapman picked up the save in Sunday’s 7-5 win over the Angels, allowing a solo home run while striking out two over one inning. Zach Neto took him deep with two outs before Chapman struck out the next batter to secure his 18th save of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th
	Aroldis Chapman earned his 17th save of the season Friday against the Angels after working a scoreless ninth inning. He allowed two hits and struck out one while protecting Boston’s three-run lead. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th
	Aroldis Chapman allowed two runs, one earned, on one hit and one walk over one inning in Sunday’s 5-4 extra-inning win over the Yankees. He struck out two and was charged with his second blown save of the season, though Boston’s victory in the 10th kept him from taking the loss. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Aroldis Chapman (2026)

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