Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Michael Darrell-Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 629	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	3.83
WHIP	1.38	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 233	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	33.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.28	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.9	2.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	16	3

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	18	2

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.17	3.83

WHIP	1.38	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
News
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Michael Darrell-Hicks has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Pittsburgh Pirates. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Mark Leiter Jr. is going through a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Athletics placed RHP Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Mark Leiter Jr. allowed two hits and struck out one over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over Atlanta. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Michael Darrell-Hicks (2026)

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