Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Bennett Sousa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 520	# 843

Projections

Strikeouts	20	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.74	4.73
WHIP	1.27	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 362	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.1	5.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	5

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	4	6

Walks	5	2

ERA	8.10	5.40

WHIP	2.40	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.5	11.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	15	11

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	20	10

Walks	7	5

ERA	3.74	4.73

WHIP	1.27	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	The Astros activated Bennett Sousa from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#346	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#103	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Bennett Sousa (2026)

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