Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Hughes for Jacob Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 552	# 661

Projections

Strikeouts	38	32
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.62	4.77
WHIP	1.44	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 180	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 182	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 383	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 266	# 63

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	4

Games Started	13	3

Innings Pitched	64.2	19.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	67	16

Earned Runs	44	6

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	53	19

Walks	40	6

ERA	6.12	2.79

WHIP	1.65	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	15

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	40.2	38.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	41

Earned Runs	21	20

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	38	32

Walks	18	14

ERA	4.62	4.77

WHIP	1.44	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
News
	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	Gabriel Hughes allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in a loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Gabriel Hughes allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Friday’s loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Gabriel Hughes will start on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Gabriel Hughes allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Wednesday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th
	The Athletics recalled LHP Jacob Lopez from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Rockies selected the contract of RHP Gabriel Hughes from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH			Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Hughes for Jacob Lopez (2026)

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