Who Should I Trade?

Jeffrey Springs for Tink Hence (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH	Tink Hence SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 177	‐
VBR	# 686	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	38	5
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.00	4.37
WHIP	1.40	1.65

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 202	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 199	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 215	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 184	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH	Tink Hence SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	108.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	11	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	116	‐

Earned Runs	74	‐

Home Runs Allowed	28	‐

Strikeouts	88	‐

Walks	44	‐

ERA	6.17	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH	Tink Hence SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	15

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	45.3	5.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	5

Earned Runs	25	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	38	5

Walks	16	3

ERA	5.00	4.37

WHIP	1.40	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH	Tink Hence SP - STL
News
	The Athletics placed LHP Jeffrey Springs on the 15-day IL with right hip discomfort. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Cardinals designated Tink Hence for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Jeffrey Springs allowed two earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Hence threw a scoreless frame Tuesday in his first spring outing, recording one strikeout while working from the bullpen. He appeared in only eight games last season due to a lat strain and shoulder impingement. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	A's left-hander Jeffrey Springs (hip) had his MRI come back clean and is expected to make his next start on Friday against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	Hence suffered a lat strain and shoulder impingement during the 2025 season, cutting his campaign short. Tuesday's Grapefruit League appearance will be his first game action since last July. Bruno Mulé Tue, Feb 24th
	Jeffrey Springs allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk over 1 1/3 innings in a loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Jeffrey Springs left his start early on Sunday against the Twins with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH			Tink Hence SP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

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