Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Jackson Rutledge (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 833	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	4.37
WHIP	1.43	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	6

Earned Runs	3	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	2

Walks	2	2

ERA	5.40	47.25

WHIP	1.40	6.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.6	13.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	11	13

Earned Runs	6	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	10	11

Walks	5	5

ERA	4.71	4.37

WHIP	1.43	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Phillies claimed RHP Jackson Rutledge off of waivers from the Nationals and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Nationals designated RHP Jackson Rutledge for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The Nationals recalled Jackson Rutledge from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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
	Alek Jacob RP - SD			Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#279
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 24th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Jackson Rutledge (2026)

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