Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Juan Mejia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 363	‐
VBR	# 646	# 931

Projections

Strikeouts	20	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.53	4.56
WHIP	1.49	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 341	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 410	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	47.1	5.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	6	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	49	5

Earned Runs	29	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	48	6

Walks	26	2

ERA	5.51	5.40

WHIP	1.58	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.3	9.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	19	8

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	8

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.53	4.56

WHIP	1.49	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Juan Mejia allowed two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning as Colorado's opener on Thursday. Colorado, however, came back to win, 3-2, against Houston. David Leisering Fri, Apr 17th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Juan Mejia picked up his first save of the season on Monday, recording five outs to help the Rockies to a 9-7 victory over the Astros. David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Juan Mejia RP - COL			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#238	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#413	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
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)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Juan Mejia (2026)

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