Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Sam Hentges (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 313	‐
VBR	# 504	# 1052

Projections

Strikeouts	17	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.73	4.83
WHIP	1.36	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 237	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 407	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Hentges RP - SF	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	5.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	19	5

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	25	6

Walks	18	2

ERA	2.82	5.40

WHIP	1.66	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Hentges RP - SF	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.3	8.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	15	8

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	8

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.73	4.83

WHIP	1.36	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Hentges RP - SF	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	The Giants activated RHP Sam Hentges from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Sam Hentges threw live batting practice in Arizona on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Giants placed LHP Sam Hentges on the 15-day injured list following right knee and left shoulder surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Sam Hentges is scheduled to throw at least one more bullpen session. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
		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
	Sam Hentges RP - SF			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#226
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Sam Hentges (2026)

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