Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for John Rooney (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 843	# 1016

Projections

Strikeouts	10	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.73	3.00
WHIP	1.44	1.67

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	John Rooney RP - TB
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 Rooney RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.6	1.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	1

Earned Runs	6	0

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	10	1

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.73	3.00

WHIP	1.44	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	John Rooney RP - TB
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Rays reassigned LHP John Rooney to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	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 Rooney RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for John Rooney (2026)

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