Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	‐
VBR	# 421	# 931

Projections

Strikeouts	22	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.03	4.56
WHIP	1.33	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	5.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	5

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	35	6

Walks	11	2

ERA	3.76	5.40

WHIP	1.14	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	9.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	8

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	8

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.03	4.56

WHIP	1.33	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Kirby Yates tossed a scoreless seventh inning on Friday, pitching around a one-out single in his season debut against the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, May 9th	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
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Kirby Yates (2026)

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