Who Should I Trade?

Joe Musgrove for Kyle Freeland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	‐
VBR	# 343	# 1092

Projections

Strikeouts	18	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	5.14
WHIP	1.28	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 197	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 190	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 353

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	23

Games Started	‐	23

Innings Pitched	‐	124.1

Wins	‐	4

Losses	‐	10

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	153

Earned Runs	‐	88

Home Runs Allowed	‐	24

Strikeouts	‐	103

Walks	‐	28

ERA	‐	6.37

WHIP	‐	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	2

Games Started	4	2

Innings Pitched	20.0	10.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	12

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	8

Walks	5	3

ERA	3.94	5.14

WHIP	1.28	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
News
	Joe Musgrove threw 60 pitches over five innings for Triple-A El Paso on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 28th	Kyle Freeland allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Joe Musgrove will make a rehab start for Triple-A El Paso on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	Kyle Freeland allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out two over eight innings in Friday’s win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th
	Joe Musgrove joined the Padres to throw a bullpen session. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Kyle Freeland allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	Joe Musgrove is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Kyle Freeland allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out eight over nine innings in a win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Joe Musgrove threw 53 pitches over 3 1/3 innings in his rehab start for Triple-A El Paso on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Kyle Freeland allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD			Kyle Freeland SP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#406
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#291
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#159	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ WSH	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#294
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Apr 24th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Musgrove for Kyle Freeland (2026)

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