Who Should I Trade?

John Means for Lucas Giolito (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	John Means SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 183	‐
VBR	# 940	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.96	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 143	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 312	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 255	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	John Means SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	29.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	5.16	‐

WHIP	1.85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	John Means SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	25.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.96	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	John Means SP - KC
News
	The Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	John Means has signed a two-year minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The lefthander is expected to miss all of 2026 recovering from a ruptured Achilles injury. David Leisering Fri, Feb 13th
	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings in a bulk relief role with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Lucas Giolito allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over four innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD			John Means SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

John Means for Lucas Giolito (2026)

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