Who Should I Trade?

Joey Cantillo for Luis Medina (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 103	# 349
VBR	# 305	# 615

Projections

Strikeouts	43	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.03	4.54
WHIP	1.37	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	# 437

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 78	# 310

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	38

Games Started	24	1

Innings Pitched	118.2	50.2

Wins	8	2

Losses	7	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	118	51

Earned Runs	52	22

Home Runs Allowed	15	6

Strikeouts	129	60

Walks	56	26

ERA	3.94	3.91

WHIP	1.47	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	21

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	42.0	22.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	38	21

Earned Runs	19	11

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	43	23

Walks	18	11

ERA	4.03	4.54

WHIP	1.37	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
News
	Joey Cantillo allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to the Mets. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Joey Cantillo allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over four innings in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th	The Athletics have announced that right-hander Luis Medina has made the Opening Day roster and will operate out of the bullpen to begin the season. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	Joey Cantillo allowed five earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Friday's 11-3 loss to the Rays. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th	Medina missed the second half of 2024 and all of 2025 following Tommy John surgery. He made his Cactus League debut on Tuesday against San Diego, allowing one run on two hits and one walk over one inning. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
	Joey Cantillo allowed four earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out seven over five innings in Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Pirates. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 20th
	Joey Cantillo will start on Saturday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE			Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Cantillo for Luis Medina (2026)

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