Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 704	# 833

Projections

Strikeouts	15	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.71
WHIP	1.38	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 386	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	5.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	5

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	6

Walks	11	2

ERA	5.12	5.40

WHIP	1.50	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.5	11.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	15	11

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	10

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.31	4.71

WHIP	1.38	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Nick Mears began playing catch again on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Nick Mears experienced soreness following Tuesday's bullpen session and is undergoing further evaluation. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Royals right-hander Nick Mears (shoulder) is continuing his throwing progression and could be throwing bullpens by the end of the week. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th	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
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Nick Mears (2026)

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