Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for T.J. McFarland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	T.J. McFarland RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 931	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.56	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	T.J. McFarland RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	T.J. McFarland RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.56	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	T.J. McFarland RP - FA
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	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
	Alek Jacob RP - SD			T.J. McFarland RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for T.J. McFarland (2026)

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