Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Kenley Jansen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 78	‐
VBR	# 329	# 887

Projections

Strikeouts	23	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	4.15	4.98
WHIP	1.28	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 64	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 64	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 122	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	5.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	5

Earned Runs	12	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	29	6

Walks	16	2

ERA	4.21	5.40

WHIP	1.29	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.9	11.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	18	11

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	23	10

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.15	4.98

WHIP	1.28	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen nailed down a save in a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen picked up a save in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Tigers have activated right-hander Kenley Jansen from the 15-day IL ahead of Friday's series opener against the Guardians. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th	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
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Kenley Jansen (2026)

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