Who Should I Trade?

Mason Barnett for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 4	‐
VBR	# 25	# 856

Projections

Strikeouts	65	22
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	2.82	4.92
WHIP	1.02	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 177

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	15

Games Started	17	1

Innings Pitched	102.2	29.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	78	25

Earned Runs	32	16

Home Runs Allowed	11	5

Strikeouts	122	29

Walks	16	14

ERA	2.81	4.85

WHIP	0.92	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	9	3

Innings Pitched	53.8	25.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	42	25

Earned Runs	17	14

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	65	22

Walks	11	11

ERA	2.82	4.92

WHIP	1.02	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
News
	Tarik Skubal will take the mound for the first time for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Athletics recalled Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Tarik Skubal is expected to make his debut with the Dodgers on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Athletics optioned RHP Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	The Detroit Tigers have traded two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers in a four-player deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Mason Barnett will be available out of the bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	The Athletics have recalled right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Tigers still expect Tarik Skubal to make his next start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Athletics optioned Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD			Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Barnett for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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