Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1131	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	42	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.37	‐
WHIP	1.56	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 393	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	100.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	141	‐

Earned Runs	75	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	78	‐

Walks	39	‐

ERA	6.71	‐

WHIP	1.79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	56.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	64	‐

Earned Runs	34	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	42	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	5.37	‐

WHIP	1.56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
News
	Michael Lorenzen allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL			A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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