Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Zach Pop (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Zach Pop RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 278	‐
VBR	# 635	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	4
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.55
WHIP	1.43	1.62

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	# 195

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Zach Pop RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	7

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	33.2	7.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	32	5

Earned Runs	16	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	38	6

Walks	11	3

ERA	4.28	3.68

WHIP	1.28	1.09

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Zach Pop RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.3	5.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	14	5

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	4

Walks	6	2

ERA	4.30	4.55

WHIP	1.43	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Zach Pop RP - MIA
News
	Mark Leiter Jr. underwent successful surgery on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Phillies RHP Zach Pop elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Athletics right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. (hip) is set to undergo surgery on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	The Phillies designated Zach Pop for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Zach Pop began a rehab assignment in Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Phillies placed RHP Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	Mark Leiter Jr. is going through a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Zach Pop RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#174	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Zach Pop (2026)

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