Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Lopez for Jared Lyons (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 610	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	31	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.73	‐
WHIP	1.44	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 180	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 182	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 382	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 266	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	55.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	64	‐

Earned Runs	42	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	34	‐

ERA	6.83	‐

WHIP	1.77	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	33.5	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.73	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
News
	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Athletics recalled LHP Jacob Lopez from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Athletics have optioned left-hander Jacob Lopez to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Jacob Lopez told reporters after Sunday's game that he is being optioned to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH			Jared Lyons SP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#207	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#334	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#281
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (3-1)	#165	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#311
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ SEA
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN			@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Lopez for Jared Lyons (2026)

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