Who Should I Trade?

Ben Hess for Lucas Giolito (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Ben Hess SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	‐
VBR	# 944	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.95	4.47
WHIP	1.48	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 143	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 312	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 255	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Ben Hess SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	29.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	5.16	‐

WHIP	1.85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Ben Hess SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	13

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	22.6	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	2

Earned Runs	12	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	19	2

Walks	10	1

ERA	4.95	4.47

WHIP	1.48	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Ben Hess SP - NYY
News
	The Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Yankees reassigned RHP Ben Hess to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings in a bulk relief role with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Lucas Giolito allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over four innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD			Ben Hess SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Hess for Lucas Giolito (2026)

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