Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 573	# 949

Projections

Strikeouts	23	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.25	4.78
WHIP	1.43	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 233	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	# 331

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	15.1

Wins	0	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	32	14

Earned Runs	16	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	38	14

Walks	11	3

ERA	4.28	5.28

WHIP	1.28	1.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.9	5.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	5

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	5

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.25	4.78

WHIP	1.43	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
News
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Guardians sent RHP Connor Brogdon outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Guardians designated Connor Brogdon for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Mark Leiter Jr. is going through a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Connor Brogdon struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th
	The Athletics placed RHP Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Mark Leiter Jr. allowed two hits and struck out one over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over Atlanta. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

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