Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Riley Gowens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 348	‐
VBR	# 717	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	28	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.60	‐
WHIP	1.49	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 437	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 310	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	45.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	3.55	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	28.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.60	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
News
	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH			Riley Gowens SP - CWS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs COL
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Riley Gowens (2026)

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