Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Luis Medina (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Austin Love SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 348	‐
VBR	# 646	# 1086

Projections

Strikeouts	24	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.57	4.95
WHIP	1.48	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 436	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 310	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	50.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	51	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	60	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	3.91	‐

WHIP	1.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	11

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	23.6	7.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	22	8

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	24	6

Walks	11	4

ERA	4.57	4.95

WHIP	1.48	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Austin Love SP - STL
News
	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	The Cardinals reassigned RHP Austin Love to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	The Athletics have announced that right-hander Luis Medina has made the Opening Day roster and will operate out of the bullpen to begin the season. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	Medina missed the second half of 2024 and all of 2025 following Tommy John surgery. He made his Cactus League debut on Tuesday against San Diego, allowing one run on two hits and one walk over one inning. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH			Austin Love SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Luis Medina (2026)

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