Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Robert Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 383	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	27	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.56	‐
WHIP	1.23	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 287	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	16	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	2.62	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	3.56	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
News
	Alex Vesia allowed no hits while walking two and striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Rays. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th	Stephenson signed a three-year, $33 million deal with the Angels after the 2023 season and previously underwent UCL reconstruction in May 2024. He experienced thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms over the winter and was eased into spring workouts before right elbow inflammation emerged and landed him on the 60-day IL prior to Opening Day. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
	Alex Vesia struck out three batters on 10 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 15th	The Angels placed RHP Robert Stephenson on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Alex Vesia came in to face one batter to pick up the save in the win versus the Rangers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th	Angels reliever Robert Stephenson has suffered a setback and said there is concern of further damage to his UCL. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	Alex Vesia was preparing to face live hitters on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th	Angels reliever Robert Stephenson (shoulder) has suffered a setback and wil undergo tests. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
		Robert Stephenson said he “felt great” after facing live hitters for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD			Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#246	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 18th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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