Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Mason Barnett (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 667	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	22	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	4.99
WHIP	1.40	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 110	# 177

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	13

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	62.1	21.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	17

Earned Runs	28	11

Home Runs Allowed	12	5

Strikeouts	39	21

Walks	16	12

ERA	4.04	4.64

WHIP	1.16	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	19

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	28.9	21.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	29	21

Earned Runs	14	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	22	18

Walks	10	10

ERA	4.48	4.99

WHIP	1.40	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
News
	Javier Assad allowed two runs on sevent hits and no walks while striking out four across five innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Athletics recalled Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Javier Assad allowed no runs on two hits and two walks while striking out two across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	The Athletics optioned RHP Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Javier Assad will start one of the two games for the Cubs in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Mason Barnett will be available out of the bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Javier Assad improved to 5-1 on the season, allowing two runs on five hits over 5.2 innings, in an 8-6 Cubs' win over the Rockies on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	The Athletics have recalled right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Javier Assad allowed three hits and one walk while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th	The Athletics optioned Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC			Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Mason Barnett (2026)

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