Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Carlos Hernandez (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1049	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.75	3.70
WHIP	1.48	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Carlos Hernandez RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Carlos Hernandez RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.8	3.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	3

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	9	3

Walks	4	2

ERA	4.75	3.70

WHIP	1.48	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Carlos Hernandez RP - CLE
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	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			Carlos Hernandez RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#228	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#201
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Carlos Hernandez (2026)

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