Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Jalen Beeks (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 357	‐
VBR	‐	# 971

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	9
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.57
WHIP	‐	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 326	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 462	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.0	5.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	28	5

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	21	6

Walks	8	2

ERA	3.81	5.40

WHIP	1.38	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	14

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	10.7

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	10

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	9

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.57

WHIP	‐	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	The Rangers transferred Jalen Beeks to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Rangers left-hander Jalen Beeks (flexor) is out for the season after undergoing surgery. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Rangers placed LHP Jalen Beeks on the 15-day injured list with back spasms. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Jalen Beeks and the Texas Rangers have agreed on a one-year contract. David Leisering Thu, Mar 12th	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
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Jalen Beeks (2026)

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