Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Drew Anderson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Anderson RP - DET	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 212	‐
VBR	# 440	# 1052

Projections

Strikeouts	20	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.87	4.83
WHIP	1.34	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 211	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Anderson RP - DET	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	3

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	62.1	5.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	58	5

Earned Runs	30	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	76	6

Walks	24	2

ERA	4.33	5.40

WHIP	1.32	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Anderson RP - DET	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.4	8.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	8

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	8

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.87	4.83

WHIP	1.34	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Anderson RP - DET	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Tigers right-hander Drew Anderson allowed one earned run in 2 2/3 innings as the Tigers' opener on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 16th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Tigers right-hander Drew Anderson pitched three scoreless innings to pick up the win over the Angels on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Tigers right-hander Drew Anderson earned a two-inning save in Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Orioles. Brenton Kemp Mon, May 25th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Drew Anderson allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday’s 3-2 loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Drew Anderson will start against the Guardians on Wednesday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th	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
	Drew Anderson RP - DET			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#226
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Drew Anderson (2026)

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