Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Danny Young (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 843	# 625

Projections

Strikeouts	10	19
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.73	4.02
WHIP	1.44	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Danny Young RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	6

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	5.0	5.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	5	4

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	4

Walks	2	4

ERA	5.40	3.60

WHIP	1.40	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Danny Young RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.6	17.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	11	16

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	10	19

Walks	5	8

ERA	4.73	4.02

WHIP	1.44	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Danny Young RP - ATL
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Danny Young will open on Sunday for the Braves against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Danny Young (elbow) was activated from the IL ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Danny Young will begin a rehab assignment with the Braves’ Florida Complex League affiliate on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Danny Young could be available at some point after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 12th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	Lefthander Danny Young has been transferred to the 60-day IL to make room for utilityman Luke Williams on the 40-man roster. Williams was selected to the Braves' roster while Michael Harris II is on the paternity list. David Leisering Sat, Apr 11th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alek Jacob RP - SD			Danny Young RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Danny Young (2026)

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