Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Juan Mejia (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 364	‐
VBR	# 708	# 1011

Projections

Strikeouts	18	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.49	4.97
WHIP	1.48	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 410	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	49.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	52	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	5.29	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	2.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	2

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	18	3

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.49	4.97

WHIP	1.48	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	Juan Mejia allowed two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning as Colorado's opener on Thursday. Colorado, however, came back to win, 3-2, against Houston. David Leisering Fri, Apr 17th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Juan Mejia picked up his first save of the season on Monday, recording five outs to help the Rockies to a 9-7 victory over the Astros. David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Juan Mejia RP - COL			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Juan Mejia (2026)

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