Who Should I Trade?

Jared Lyons for Joey Estes (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jared Lyons SP - CIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1012

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	11
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.56
WHIP	‐	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Lyons SP - CIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	4.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	5

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	8.31

WHIP	‐	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Lyons SP - CIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	14.9

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	16

Earned Runs	‐	9

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	5.56

WHIP	‐	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Lyons SP - CIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
News
		The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
		Joey Estes allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
		The Athletics recalled RHP Joey Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
		The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
		Estes made just three appearances for the A's in 2025, spending most of the season at Triple-A Las Vegas where he posted a 5.51 ERA across 80 innings. He eventually landed on the injured list with a herniated disc in his lower back to close out the year. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Lyons SP - CIN			Joey Estes SP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, May 24th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Lyons for Joey Estes (2026)

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