Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Tayler Saucedo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 278	‐
VBR	# 603	# 752

Projections

Strikeouts	16	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	4.32
WHIP	1.40	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	32	5

Earned Runs	16	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	38	6

Walks	11	0

ERA	4.28	5.40

WHIP	1.28	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.6	12.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	14	12

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	11

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.18	4.32

WHIP	1.40	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
News
	Athletics right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. (hip) is set to undergo surgery on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	The Angels optioned RHP Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Tayler Saucedo has been recalled to the big-league club by the Angels. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 6th
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Angels optioned Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Mark Leiter Jr. is going through a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Angels recalled Tayler Saucedo from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	The Athletics placed RHP Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Angels optioned Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
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			Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#176	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Tayler Saucedo (2026)

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