Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for John Curtiss (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	John Curtiss RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 890	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.99	‐
WHIP	1.50	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	John Curtiss RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	John Curtiss RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.99	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	John Curtiss RP - ARI
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The D-backs have reassigned right-hander John Curtiss to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	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			John Curtiss RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#188
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for John Curtiss (2026)

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