Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Jackson Rutledge (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 914	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	1	8
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.60
WHIP	1.17	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	1.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	6

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	47.25

WHIP	‐	6.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	1.6	8.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	2	9

Earned Runs	1	5

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	8

Walks	0	4

ERA	4.53	4.60

WHIP	1.17	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - FA
News
	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Phillies claimed RHP Jackson Rutledge off of waivers from the Nationals and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Nationals designated RHP Jackson Rutledge for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th	The Nationals recalled Jackson Rutledge from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH			Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Jackson Rutledge (2026)

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