Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Lopez for McCade Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 208	‐
VBR	# 608	# 1105

Projections

Strikeouts	38	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	5.11
WHIP	1.44	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	59.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	66	‐

Earned Runs	44	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	6.64	‐

WHIP	1.71	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	3

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	40.6	6.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	7

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	38	6

Walks	18	3

ERA	4.79	5.11

WHIP	1.44	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	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	McCade Brown is continuing his throwing progression in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	The Athletics recalled LHP Jacob Lopez from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	The Athletics have optioned left-hander Jacob Lopez to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH			McCade Brown SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			@ SD
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs KC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
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
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
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
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
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ DET
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 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Lopez for McCade Brown (2026)

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