Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Jonathan Loaisiga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 316	‐
VBR	# 488	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.80	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 266	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 347	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	38.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	2.13	‐

WHIP	1.03	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	22.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.80	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
News
	Jonathan Loaisiga pitched around a single and a double in the ninth inning to earn his first save of the season as the Diamondbacks defeated the Tigers, 1-0, on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Apr 2nd	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of RHP Jonathan Loaisiga. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	D-backs reliever Jonathan Loaisiga has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 22nd
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Jonathan Loáisiga to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI			A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Jonathan Loaisiga (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation