Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Lopez for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 86	# 206
VBR	# 269	# 552

Projections

Strikeouts	46	38
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.62
WHIP	1.29	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	# 180

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	# 182

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	16

Games Started	16	13

Innings Pitched	94.2	64.2

Wins	3	5

Losses	9	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	95	67

Earned Runs	51	44

Home Runs Allowed	14	11

Strikeouts	84	53

Walks	30	40

ERA	4.85	6.12

WHIP	1.32	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	8	6

Innings Pitched	49.8	40.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	38

Earned Runs	23	21

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	46	38

Walks	15	18

ERA	4.17	4.62

WHIP	1.29	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
News
	Luis Castillo will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow 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
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Athletics recalled LHP Jacob Lopez from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 1st				vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Lopez for Luis Castillo (2026)

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