Who Should I Trade?

Cristopher Sanchez for Luis Medina (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 4	# 348
VBR	# 39	# 712

Projections

Strikeouts	78	28
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.03	4.58
WHIP	1.16	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 1	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 4	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 5	# 437

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	# 310

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	34

Games Started	21	1

Innings Pitched	132.2	46.0

Wins	12	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	133	45

Earned Runs	40	19

Home Runs Allowed	12	4

Strikeouts	151	55

Walks	25	24

ERA	2.71	3.72

WHIP	1.19	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	26

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	75.6	27.9

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	68	26

Earned Runs	25	14

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	78	28

Walks	18	13

ERA	3.03	4.58

WHIP	1.16	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
News
	Cristopher Sanchez gave up three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out seven across 5 1/3 innings in Monday's 10-7 win against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Cristopher Sanchez has been announced as the starter for the National League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Athletics have announced that right-hander Luis Medina has made the Opening Day roster and will operate out of the bullpen to begin the season. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered two runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Saturday's 4-2 win against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Medina missed the second half of 2024 and all of 2025 following Tommy John surgery. He made his Cactus League debut on Tuesday against San Diego, allowing one run on two hits and one walk over one inning. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered nine runs on 12 hits and one walk while striking out just one batter over 3 1/3 innings in Monday's 15-1 loss to the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Cristopher Sanchez gave up only three hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven shutout innings in Tuesday's 8-0 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI			Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Cristopher Sanchez for Luis Medina (2026)

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