Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 731	# 1054

Projections

Strikeouts	13	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.75
WHIP	1.44	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 190	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	3

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	70.1	5.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	5

Earned Runs	40	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	57	6

Walks	23	2

ERA	5.12	5.40

WHIP	1.31	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	13

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	15.8	9.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	9

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	13	9

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.35	4.75

WHIP	1.44	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Trevor McDonald left his start early on Monday due to a right elbow injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Trevor McDonald SP,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)	#18	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ 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)	#422	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#150	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs HOU
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)	#309	@ 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)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
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 Trevor McDonald (2026)

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