Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Ian Seymour (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ian Seymour SP,RP - TB	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	‐
VBR	# 312	# 931

Projections

Strikeouts	42	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.56
WHIP	1.29	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 163	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 93	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 154	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Seymour SP,RP - TB	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	3

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	78.1	5.0

Wins	7	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	60	5

Earned Runs	38	3

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	90	6

Walks	28	2

ERA	4.37	5.40

WHIP	1.12	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Seymour SP,RP - TB	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	41.1	9.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	37	8

Earned Runs	19	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	42	8

Walks	13	4

ERA	4.22	4.56

WHIP	1.29	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Seymour SP,RP - TB	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Ian Seymour allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven across six innings in Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 23rd	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Ian Seymour will pitch in a bulk relief role for the Rays on Thursday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Ian Seymour allowed three runs on two hits and two walks while striking out four across three innings in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Ian Seymour will start on Saturday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Ian Seymour allowed five earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out three across 3.1 innings in Sunday's 8-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Ian Seymour SP,RP - TB			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Ian Seymour (2026)

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