Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Ryne Stanek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryne Stanek RP - STL	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	# 352	‐
VBR	# 529	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.25	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 315	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 401	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryne Stanek RP - STL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	19	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	4.74	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryne Stanek RP - STL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.25	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryne Stanek RP - STL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
News
	Ryne Stanek left Tuesday's game early against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
	The Cardinals activated Ryne Stanek from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryne Stanek on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Ryne Stanek allowed three earned runs on three hits while striking out one batter to take the loss against the Twins. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 13th
	Ryne Stanek struck out one batter over 0.2 scoreless innings in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Reds. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryne Stanek RP - STL			A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Ryne Stanek (2026)

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