Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 692	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	7.83
WHIP	1.37	0.87

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 387	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.12	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.8	0.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	14	1

Walks	6	0

ERA	4.29	7.83

WHIP	1.37	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th	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
	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Nick Mears began playing catch again on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd
	Nick Mears experienced soreness following Tuesday's bullpen session and is undergoing further evaluation. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th
	Royals right-hander Nick Mears (shoulder) is continuing his throwing progression and could be throwing bullpens by the end of the week. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 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
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Nick Mears (2026)

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