Who Should I Trade?

Kris Bubic for Luis Medina (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 105	# 348
VBR	# 446	# 605

Projections

Strikeouts	23	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.90	4.52
WHIP	1.32	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 134	# 437

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 121	# 310

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	38

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	50.1	50.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	36	51

Earned Runs	23	22

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	51	60

Walks	26	26

ERA	4.11	3.91

WHIP	1.23	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	21

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	23.8	22.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	22	21

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	23	23

Walks	8	11

ERA	3.90	4.52

WHIP	1.32	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
News
	Kris Bubic is expected to be back sometime around the end of August. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Kris Bubic is being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Kris Bubic is increasing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Kris Bubic began a throwing progression on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Kris Bubic could begin a new throwing program next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD			Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Kris Bubic for Luis Medina (2026)

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