Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Ben Bowden (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	1
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	7.83
WHIP	‐	0.87

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	0.6

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	0

ERA	‐	7.83

WHIP	‐	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#202	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#165	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Ben Bowden (2026)

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