Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Jake Woodford (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 921	# 920

Projections

Strikeouts	1	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	4.62
WHIP	1.40	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 377	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	5.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	40	5

Earned Runs	21	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	23	6

Walks	7	2

ERA	7.18	5.40

WHIP	1.78	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	7.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	7

Earned Runs	1	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	6

Walks	1	3

ERA	4.06	4.62

WHIP	1.40	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	The Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Cubs selected the contract of Jake Woodford. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Chicago Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Cubs are reportedly signing right-hander Jake Woodford to a big-league deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Jake Woodford has agreed to a minor-league contract with the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	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
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#221
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Jake Woodford (2026)

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