Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Matt Pushard (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1054	# 870

Projections

Strikeouts	9	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.75	5.07
WHIP	1.48	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	7.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	6

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	6

Walks	2	4

ERA	5.40	5.14

WHIP	1.40	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.8	4.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	9	4

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	9	3

Walks	4	2

ERA	4.75	5.07

WHIP	1.48	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	The Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alek Jacob RP - SD			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Matt Pushard (2026)

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