Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for Jacob Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 552	# 674

Projections

Strikeouts	38	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.62	4.44
WHIP	1.44	1.36

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	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	13	‐

Innings Pitched	64.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	67	‐

Earned Runs	44	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	53	‐

Walks	40	‐

ERA	6.12	‐

WHIP	1.65	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	9

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	40.2	11.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	12

Earned Runs	21	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	38	9

Walks	18	3

ERA	4.62	4.44

WHIP	1.44	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
News
	Jacob Lopez allowed one hit and four walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 2-0 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Peterson (triceps) sustained a right triceps strain in late February. The injury will prevent him from being available for the start of the season. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	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
	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Athletics recalled LHP Jacob Lopez from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH			Austin Peterson SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for Jacob Lopez (2026)

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