Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Lopez for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 208
VBR	# 1	# 566

Projections

Strikeouts	24	37
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.25	4.80
WHIP	1.17	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 182

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 266

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 181

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	17

Games Started	14	14

Innings Pitched	85.2	70.0

Wins	8	5

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	55	74

Earned Runs	17	45

Home Runs Allowed	4	12

Strikeouts	95	61

Walks	26	42

ERA	1.79	5.79

WHIP	0.95	1.66

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	13

Games Started	4	6

Innings Pitched	20.6	39.4

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	38

Earned Runs	7	21

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	24	37

Walks	7	17

ERA	3.25	4.80

WHIP	1.17	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
News
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in a loss to Boston with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	Jacob Lopez allowed one earned run on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over 5 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-4 in loss to the Mariners with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Lopez for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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