Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 278	‐
VBR	# 601	# 897

Projections

Strikeouts	16	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	3.76
WHIP	1.40	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	33.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.28	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.6	2.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	2

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	3

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.18	3.76

WHIP	1.40	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	Mark Leiter Jr. underwent successful surgery on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Athletics right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. (hip) is set to undergo surgery on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Mark Leiter Jr. is going through a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#176	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#244
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

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