Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Luis Gastelum (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	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1052	# 527

Projections

Strikeouts	8	14
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.83	4.04
WHIP	1.48	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	10.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	5	13

Earned Runs	3	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	6	8

Walks	2	4

ERA	5.40	6.30

WHIP	1.40	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.5	15.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	8	15

Earned Runs	5	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	8	14

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.83	4.04

WHIP	1.48	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Luis Gastelum struck out two batters while allowing one hit and no walks over 1.1 scoreless innings in Sunday's 8-7 loss to Arizona. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Luis Gastelum allowed two earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out one batter and taking a blown save in Friday's 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The St. Louis Cardinals selected the contract of Luis Gastelum from Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	The Cardinals have reassigned right-hander Luis Gastelum to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alek Jacob RP - SD			Luis Gastelum RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#226
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Luis Gastelum (2026)

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