Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Peter Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 142	# 263
VBR	# 503	# 544

Projections

Strikeouts	43	25
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.69	4.21
WHIP	1.42	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 88	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 299

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 319	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	36

Games Started	16	0

Innings Pitched	92.0	33.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	66	32

Earned Runs	31	16

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	91	38

Walks	36	11

ERA	3.03	4.28

WHIP	1.11	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	26

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	47.4	22.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	46	22

Earned Runs	25	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	43	25

Walks	19	9

ERA	4.69	4.21

WHIP	1.42	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH
News
	Peter Lambert will start Wednesday’s series finale against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six innings in Friday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Mark Leiter Jr. is going through a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Peter Lambert will start on Friday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Athletics placed RHP Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Peter Lambert allowed three hits and one walk while striking out six over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU			Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Peter Lambert (2026)

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