Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Tanner Gordon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 187	‐
VBR	# 825	# 1080

Projections

Strikeouts	10	26
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.87	5.47
WHIP	1.46	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 144	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 143	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 317	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 255	# 218

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	15

Games Started	5	5

Innings Pitched	29.2	64.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	83

Earned Runs	17	42

Home Runs Allowed	4	15

Strikeouts	18	56

Walks	23	13

ERA	5.16	5.91

WHIP	1.85	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	17

Games Started	2	4

Innings Pitched	13.0	33.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	39

Earned Runs	7	20

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	10	26

Walks	6	8

ERA	4.87	5.47

WHIP	1.46	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
News
	The Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Tanner Gordon allowed one earned run on eight hits while striking out one over five innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Tanner Gordon allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Sunday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Tanner Gordon allowed five earned runs on nine hits while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st
	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	The Rockies activated RHP Tanner Gordon from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Tanner Gordon is expected to be activated for Tuesday’s game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD			Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#392
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 24th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Tanner Gordon (2026)

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