Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Lopez for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 36	# 207
VBR	# 87	# 552

Projections

Strikeouts	61	38
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.31	4.62
WHIP	1.22	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 50	# 180

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	# 182

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 37	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	16

Games Started	11	13

Innings Pitched	66.2	64.2

Wins	4	5

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	44	67

Earned Runs	22	44

Home Runs Allowed	1	11

Strikeouts	57	53

Walks	20	40

ERA	2.97	6.12

WHIP	0.96	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	6

Innings Pitched	65.1	40.2

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	38

Earned Runs	24	21

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	61	38

Walks	20	18

ERA	3.31	4.62

WHIP	1.22	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
News
	Max Fried allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	The Yankees activated Max Fried from the injured list. 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
	Max Fried (elbow) will take the mound in the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will be activated next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will make his next rehab start on Thursday or Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Max Fried SP - NYY			Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Lopez for Max Fried (2026)

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