Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 348	‐
VBR	# 688	# 712

Projections

Strikeouts	27	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.59	4.51
WHIP	1.49	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 310	# 294

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 437	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	33

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	46.0	52.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	45	49

Earned Runs	19	26

Home Runs Allowed	4	8

Strikeouts	55	42

Walks	24	19

ERA	3.72	4.44

WHIP	1.50	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	21

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	27.0	16.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	25	17

Earned Runs	14	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	27	14

Walks	13	6

ERA	4.59	4.51

WHIP	1.49	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
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			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Ryan Watson (2026)

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