Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for A.J. Puk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 443	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.35	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 125	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 133	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 209	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	63	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	75.0	‐

Wins	13	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	6	‐

Holds	13	‐

Hits Allowed	67	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	104	‐

Walks	37	‐

ERA	3.36	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.35	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
		Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
		A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
		A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th
		A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for A.J. Puk (2026)

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