Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Tyler Mahle (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	Joey Estes SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 151	‐
VBR	# 318	# 1096

Projections

Strikeouts	44	16
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	5.59
WHIP	1.36	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 162	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 167	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 192	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	1

Games Started	16	1

Innings Pitched	83.0	4.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	5

Earned Runs	49	4

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	77	4

Walks	33	1

ERA	5.31	8.31

WHIP	1.45	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	14

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	51.6	22.6

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	24

Earned Runs	24	14

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	44	16

Walks	19	7

ERA	4.27	5.59

WHIP	1.36	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	Joey Estes SP - ATH
News
	Tyler Mahle allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Tyler Mahle allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out four through seven innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Tyler Mahle allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits while striking out five over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Athletics recalled RHP Joey Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Tyler Mahle allowed four earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings in Monday’s 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	Tyler Mahle allowed two hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF			Joey Estes SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Tyler Mahle (2026)

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