Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	# 347
VBR	# 66	# 662

Projections

Strikeouts	66	25
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.28	4.58
WHIP	1.12	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 8	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 436

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	# 310

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	37

Games Started	17	1

Innings Pitched	103.0	49.2

Wins	10	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	72	49

Earned Runs	29	22

Home Runs Allowed	13	6

Strikeouts	123	59

Walks	23	26

ERA	2.53	3.99

WHIP	0.92	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	23

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	58.8	24.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	48	23

Earned Runs	21	13

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	66	25

Walks	16	12

ERA	3.28	4.58

WHIP	1.12	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th				vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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