Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 288	‐
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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 266	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	4.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	32	6

Earned Runs	16	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	38	4

Walks	11	4

ERA	4.28	9.64

WHIP	1.28	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Athletics transferred Mark Leiter Jr. to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Ben Casparius suffered a setback during his rehab assignment and has been shut down. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd
	Mark Leiter Jr. underwent successful surgery on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	Athletics right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. (hip) is set to undergo surgery on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 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
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#323	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#249
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#176
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#387	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#153	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#241
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#249	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#130	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#228
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#147
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	vs SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

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