Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Josh Hader (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 34	‐
VBR	# 176	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.12	7.89
WHIP	1.12	0.88

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 17	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 51	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 72	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	11	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	1.40	‐

WHIP	0.93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.0	0.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	29	1

Walks	8	0

ERA	3.12	7.89

WHIP	1.12	0.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	Josh Hader struck out one batter in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Josh Hader allowed one walk while striking out two over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Josh Hader struck out two batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday’s 6-4 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st
	Josh Hader struck out one over one scoreless frame to pick up the save in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	Josh Hader struck out two and allowed one walk over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Wednesday’s 3-1 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Hader RP - HOU			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Josh Hader (2026)

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