Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Alex Hoppe (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Alex Hoppe RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 751	# 664

Projections

Strikeouts	7	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.52	3.99
WHIP	1.23	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 461

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Alex Hoppe RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	24

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	28.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	27

Earned Runs	‐	18

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	34

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	5.79

WHIP	‐	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Alex Hoppe RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.1	9.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	5	9

Earned Runs	2	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	10

Walks	2	5

ERA	3.52	3.99

WHIP	1.23	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Alex Hoppe RP - BAL
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Mariners are trading Alex Hoppe in a package for Taylor Ward. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	The Mariners recalled Alex Hoppe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	The Mariners optioned Alex Hoppe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Mariners selected the contract of RHP Alex Hoppe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Hoppe split time between Triple-A Worcester and Double-A Portland in Boston's organization last season, posting a 4.55 ERA, 1.52 WHIP and 73:34 K:BB across 61.1 innings. Acquired from the Red Sox in November, he was added to Seattle's 40-man roster heading into 2026 but has yet to make his big-league debut. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI			Alex Hoppe RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

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A.J. Puk for Alex Hoppe (2026)

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