Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Spencer Bivens (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Bowden RP - ATH	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 683

Projections

Strikeouts	1	12
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	7.89	4.12
WHIP	0.88	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Bowden RP - ATH	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	0

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	0.00

WHIP	‐	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Bowden RP - ATH	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	0.6	16.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	1	16

Earned Runs	1	7

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	1	12

Walks	0	6

ERA	7.89	4.12

WHIP	0.88	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Bowden RP - ATH	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
News
	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	The Giants optioned Spencer Bivens to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
		The Giants are calling up Spencer Bivens. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
		The Giants have optioned right-hander Spencer Bivens to Triple-A Sacramento. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Bowden RP - ATH			Spencer Bivens RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Spencer Bivens (2026)

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