Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Mason Barnett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 347	‐
VBR	# 651	# 1019

Projections

Strikeouts	26	24
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	4.53	5.01
WHIP	1.49	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 310	# 177

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 436	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	14

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	47.0	24.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	45	21

Earned Runs	19	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	57	23

Walks	24	13

ERA	3.64	4.74

WHIP	1.47	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	15

Games Started	1	3

Innings Pitched	25.6	27.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	24	28

Earned Runs	13	15

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	26	24

Walks	12	12

ERA	4.53	5.01

WHIP	1.49	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
News
	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	The Athletics recalled Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	The Athletics optioned RHP Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Mason Barnett will be available out of the bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
		The Athletics have recalled right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
		The Athletics optioned Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH			Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#176	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#176
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Mason Barnett (2026)

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