Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Mike Clevinger (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 967

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	6
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.61
WHIP	‐	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
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	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	7.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.61

WHIP	‐	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
News
	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd	Mike Clevinger suffered a knee injury at Triple-A Indianapolis and will miss “roughly” six weeks. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th	Clevinger has been pitching in relief at Triple-A Indianapolis this season, allowing five runs with a 9:5 K:BB across 8.2 innings. He is on the 7-day injured list with an undisclosed injury, leaving his return timeline unclear. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th
		The Pirates optioned RHP Mike Clevinger to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
		Clevinger signed a non-roster contract with Pittsburgh in February. His first spring outing came on Feb. 25, when his fastball reached 97 mph. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
		The Pirates signed RHP Mike Clevinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH			Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Mike Clevinger (2026)

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