Who Should I Trade?

Jesse Scholtens for Lucas Giolito (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	‐
VBR	# 856	# 926

Projections

Strikeouts	15	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.91	4.57
WHIP	1.46	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 143	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 316	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 255	# 129

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	9

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	29.2	37.2

Wins	2	5

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	36

Earned Runs	17	16

Home Runs Allowed	4	8

Strikeouts	18	30

Walks	23	11

ERA	5.16	3.82

WHIP	1.85	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	7

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	17.5	8.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	8

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	15	7

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.91	4.57

WHIP	1.46	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
News
	The Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Rays activated Jesse Scholtens from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Jesse Scholtens (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Jesse Scholtens threw a 20-pitch bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings in a bulk relief role with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Jesse Scholtens is scheduled to resume throwing next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	Lucas Giolito allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over four innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th	The Rays placed Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD			Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jesse Scholtens for Lucas Giolito (2026)

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