Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Phil Maton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 323	‐
VBR	# 485	# 887

Projections

Strikeouts	22	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.84	4.98
WHIP	1.33	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 258	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 439	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.2	5.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	34	5

Earned Runs	19	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	31	6

Walks	16	2

ERA	6.18	5.40

WHIP	1.81	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.0	11.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	11

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	22	10

Walks	9	5

ERA	3.84	4.98

WHIP	1.33	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the 15-day injured list with right knee tendonitis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Chicago Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the injured list with a recurring knee ailment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Phil Maton is expected to be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th	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
	Phil Maton RP - CHC			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Phil Maton (2026)

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