Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Blade Tidwell (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1061	# 667

Projections

Strikeouts	8	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.84	4.21
WHIP	1.47	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	12.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	5	10

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	10

Walks	2	3

ERA	5.40	3.00

WHIP	1.40	1.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	8.4	11.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	11

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	10

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.84	4.21

WHIP	1.47	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	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			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Blade Tidwell (2026)

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