Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Luis Medina (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Joey Estes SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 348	‐
VBR	# 734	# 1112

Projections

Strikeouts	29	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.62	5.53
WHIP	1.50	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 437	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 310	‐

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


Games Played	32	1

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	43.2	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	42	5

Earned Runs	18	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	52	4

Walks	22	1

ERA	3.71	8.31

WHIP	1.47	1.38

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


Games Played	27	18

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	28.9	27.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	27	29

Earned Runs	15	17

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	29	19

Walks	14	8

ERA	4.62	5.53

WHIP	1.50	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Joey Estes SP - ATH
News
	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	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 Estes allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	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	The Athletics recalled RHP Joey Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
		The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
		Estes made just three appearances for the A's in 2025, spending most of the season at Triple-A Las Vegas where he posted a 5.51 ERA across 80 innings. He eventually landed on the injured list with a herniated disc in his lower back to close out the year. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH			Joey Estes SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Luis Medina (2026)

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