Who Should I Trade?

Alek Manoah for Jacob Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 208	‐
VBR	# 658	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	38	17
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.89	4.71
WHIP	1.45	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 181	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 182	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 383	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 266	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	3

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	59.2	7.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	66	8

Earned Runs	44	8

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	49	5

Walks	36	8

ERA	6.64	9.82

WHIP	1.71	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	18

Games Started	7	3

Innings Pitched	40.7	19.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	39	19

Earned Runs	22	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	38	17

Walks	18	9

ERA	4.89	4.71

WHIP	1.45	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Alek Manoah SP - LAA
News
	Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Angels sent Alek Manoah outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Angels optioned Alek Manoah to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Alek Manoah pitched five scoreless innings in a bulk relief role on Monday during the Angels' 7-2 loss to the Guardians. David Leisering Mon, May 11th
	The Athletics recalled LHP Jacob Lopez from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Alek Manoah will make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Athletics have optioned left-hander Jacob Lopez to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	Alek Manoah pitched a perfect eighth inning on Friday in his first appearance in the big leagues since 2024. The Angels, however, lost to Toronto, 2-0. David Leisering Sat, May 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH			Alek Manoah SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Manoah for Jacob Lopez (2026)

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