Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Justin Bruihl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 387	‐
VBR	# 662	# 1048

Projections

Strikeouts	12	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.95
WHIP	1.44	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 432	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 403	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.1	5.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	55	5

Earned Runs	21	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	39	6

Walks	20	2

ERA	3.48	5.40

WHIP	1.38	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.7	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	14	8

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	12	7

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.14	4.95

WHIP	1.44	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Justin Bruihl was removed from Monday’s game against the Brewers with a left ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Justin Bruihl has been traded from the Cleveland Guardians to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations. In a corresponding move, Zak Kent was designated for assignment by St. Louis. David Leisering Tue, Jan 6th	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
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th				vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Justin Bruihl (2026)

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