Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Josh Fleming (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 887	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.98	5.79
WHIP	1.49	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	6

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	1

Walks	2	2

ERA	5.40	12.00

WHIP	1.40	2.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	11.2	1.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	2

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	10	1

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.98	5.79

WHIP	1.49	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Cubs signed LHP Josh Fleming to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Blue Jays re-signed LHP Josh Fleming to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Josh Fleming has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th
	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	The Blue Jays designated Josh Fleming for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	Lefthander Josh Fleming had his contract selected by the Toronto Blue Jays and should be available on Monday out of the bullpen. Righthander Austin Voth was designated for assignment in a corresponding move. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alek Jacob RP - SD			Josh Fleming RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Josh Fleming (2026)

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