Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Jacob Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 107	# 207
VBR	# 384	# 686

Projections

Strikeouts	19	37
Wins	1	2
Saves	6	0
ERA	4.12	4.87
WHIP	1.40	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	# 181

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	# 182

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 147	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	15

Games Started	0	12

Innings Pitched	40.1	59.2

Wins	2	4

Losses	6	4

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	36	66

Earned Runs	21	44

Home Runs Allowed	5	11

Strikeouts	48	49

Walks	18	36

ERA	4.69	6.64

WHIP	1.34	1.71

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	14

Games Started	0	6

Innings Pitched	20.9	39.3

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	20	38

Earned Runs	10	21

Home Runs Allowed	2	7

Strikeouts	19	37

Walks	8	17

ERA	4.12	4.87

WHIP	1.40	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
News
	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Athletics recalled LHP Jacob Lopez from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Athletics have optioned left-hander Jacob Lopez to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ MIN
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Jacob Lopez (2026)

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