Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Tomoyuki Sugano (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Joey Estes SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1180	# 1106

Projections

Strikeouts	32	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.59	5.59
WHIP	1.51	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 139	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	1

Games Started	18	1

Innings Pitched	96.0	4.1

Wins	10	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	101	5

Earned Runs	52	4

Home Runs Allowed	20	1

Strikeouts	56	4

Walks	24	1

ERA	4.88	8.31

WHIP	1.30	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	15

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	52.4	23.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	25

Earned Runs	33	15

Home Runs Allowed	11	5

Strikeouts	32	16

Walks	14	7

ERA	5.59	5.59

WHIP	1.51	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL	Joey Estes SP - ATH
News
	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's win over the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed three earned runs on six hits while striking out three over 6 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Rockies right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano (back) has been activated from the 15-day injured list and will start on Saturday against the Reds. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 18th	The Athletics recalled RHP Joey Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Tomoyuki Sugano is expected to start on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	Tomoyuki Sugano is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL			Joey Estes SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Tomoyuki Sugano (2026)

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