Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Mason Barnett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 882	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.89	‐
WHIP	1.47	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 177	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.64	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	22.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.89	‐

WHIP	1.47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	The Athletics recalled Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	Mason Barnett will be available out of the bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Athletics have recalled right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Athletics optioned Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Mason Barnett (2026)

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