Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Franco Aleman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 346	‐
VBR	# 453	# 1048

Projections

Strikeouts	17	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.74	4.95
WHIP	1.34	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 343	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.1	5.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	12	5

Earned Runs	6	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	6

Walks	5	2

ERA	3.77	5.40

WHIP	1.19	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.2	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	13	8

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	7

Walks	6	4

ERA	3.74	4.95

WHIP	1.34	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	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
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
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 (6-5)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Franco Aleman (2026)

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