Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 971	# 794

Projections

Strikeouts	9	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	4.33
WHIP	1.44	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	5.0	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	2

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	6	3

Walks	2	2

ERA	5.40	27.00

WHIP	1.40	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	10.7	7.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	7

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	9	7

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.57	4.33

WHIP	1.44	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alek Jacob RP - SD			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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