Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Jordan Romano (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Romano RP - COL	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	# 582	# 1049

Projections

Strikeouts	21	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.91	4.68
WHIP	1.44	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 202	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Romano RP - COL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.2	5.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	5

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	21	6

Walks	10	2

ERA	6.14	5.40

WHIP	1.84	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Romano RP - COL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.4	10.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	20	10

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	10

Walks	8	5

ERA	4.91	4.68

WHIP	1.44	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Romano RP - COL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Jordan Romano struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 5-2 win over the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Jordan Romano struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 8-7 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Jordan Romano allowed one hit and one walk while striking out one batter to earn the save in Tuesday’s 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Jordan Romano allowed one hit while striking out two over one scoreless inning to record the save in Sunday's 7-6 win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Rockies have selected the contract of right-hander Jordan Romano from Triple-A Albuquerque. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Jordan Romano RP - COL			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Jordan Romano (2026)

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