Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 120	‐
VBR	# 336	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	30	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.41	7.83
WHIP	1.20	0.87

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 203	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 106	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 121	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 84	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 236	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	41.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	5	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	10	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	64	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.0	0.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	19	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	30	1

Walks	9	0

ERA	3.41	7.83

WHIP	1.20	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman recorded a save as part of Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#149	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#334
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#231	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (3-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB			@ ARI
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

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