Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Ben Peoples (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Ben Peoples RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1020	# 685

Projections

Strikeouts	6	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.62	4.52
WHIP	1.41	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Ben Peoples RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	12.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	10

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	6	6

Walks	2	3

ERA	5.40	2.19

WHIP	1.40	1.05

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Ben Peoples RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.6	11.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	7	11

Earned Runs	4	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	6	10

Walks	3	6

ERA	4.62	4.52

WHIP	1.41	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Ben Peoples RP - TEX
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Rangers selected the contract of Ben Peoples. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Ben Peoples is in the Rangers clubhouse on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The Rangers acquired RHP Ben Peoples from the White Sox for C Ben Hartl. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	The White Sox have reassigned right-hander Ben Peoples to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 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
	Alek Jacob RP - SD			Ben Peoples RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Ben Peoples (2026)

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