Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Jacob Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 8	# 211
VBR	# 66	# 566

Projections

Strikeouts	68	37
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.13	4.80
WHIP	1.15	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	# 183

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 182

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 385

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	17

Games Started	20	14

Innings Pitched	117.0	70.0

Wins	12	5

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	93	74

Earned Runs	27	45

Home Runs Allowed	8	12

Strikeouts	143	61

Walks	26	42

ERA	2.08	5.79

WHIP	1.02	1.66

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	9	6

Innings Pitched	55.8	39.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	38

Earned Runs	19	21

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	68	37

Walks	15	17

ERA	3.13	4.80

WHIP	1.15	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Jacob Lopez allowed one earned run on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over 5 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Chris Sale allowed only two hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday night's 1-0 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	Jacob Lopez allowed one hit and four walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 2-0 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Jacob Lopez (2026)

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