Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Joey Estes SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	‐
VBR	# 18	# 1110

Projections

Strikeouts	82	18
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.80	5.60
WHIP	1.02	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 2	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	1

Games Started	14	1

Innings Pitched	82.2	4.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	5

Earned Runs	26	4

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	98	4

Walks	11	1

ERA	2.83	8.31

WHIP	0.93	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	16

Games Started	11	3

Innings Pitched	68.8	25.5

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	28

Earned Runs	21	16

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	82	18

Walks	13	8

ERA	2.80	5.60

WHIP	1.02	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Joey Estes SP - ATH
News
	Tarik Skubal allowed five hits while striking out nine over seven scoreless innings in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Tarik Skubal allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal pitched five innings of one-run ball, striking out nine and earning the win over the Athletics on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Athletics recalled RHP Joey Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Tarik Skubal is “tentatively” lined up to pitch Sunday against the Phillies just before All-Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal allowed two runs (one earned) on just one hit and zero walks while striking out nine while earning the win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET			Joey Estes SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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