Who Should I Trade?

Jack Leiter for Nick Pivetta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	# 164
VBR	# 392	# 416

Projections

Strikeouts	30	35
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.87	4.41
WHIP	1.18	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 132	# 195

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 107	# 192

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 119	# 186

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	15

Games Started	4	15

Innings Pitched	16.0	80.0

Wins	1	3

Losses	2	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	80

Earned Runs	8	48

Home Runs Allowed	0	14

Strikeouts	24	83

Walks	6	35

ERA	4.50	5.40

WHIP	1.13	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	5	7

Innings Pitched	27.2	36.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	33

Earned Runs	12	18

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	30	35

Walks	9	15

ERA	3.87	4.41

WHIP	1.18	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
News
	Nick Pivetta threw 20 pitches in a live batting practice session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Jack Leiter told reporters he will throw off a mound on Saturday with more intensity. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Nick Pivetta reportedly could begin a rehab assignment in the first week of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Jack Leiter underwent an arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body in his ankle region on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Nick Pivetta is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Rangers placed RHP Jack Leiter on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Nick Pivetta threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Jack Leiter (3-7) took the loss Thursday against the Twins after allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks over four innings. He struck out four. Minnesota scored four runs in the first inning, including a three-run homer by Brooks Lee, before Trevor Larnach added a two-run shot in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th
	Nick Pivetta threw a light bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Jack Leiter allowed five earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD			Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Leiter for Nick Pivetta (2026)

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