Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Connor Brogdon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	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	# 884	# 1049

Projections

Strikeouts	5	10
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.68	4.68
WHIP	1.23	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 331	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	5.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	14	5

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	14	6

Walks	3	2

ERA	5.28	5.40

WHIP	1.11	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.7	10.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	10

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	5	10

Walks	2	5

ERA	4.68	4.68

WHIP	1.23	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	The Guardians sent RHP Connor Brogdon outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Guardians designated Connor Brogdon for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Connor Brogdon struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Connor Brogdon (2026)

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