Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Chayce McDermott (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 776	# 831

Projections

Strikeouts	8	9
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.52	4.59
WHIP	1.21	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 191	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	0

ERA	‐	7.71

WHIP	‐	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.1	9.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	6	8

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	9

Walks	2	5

ERA	3.52	4.59

WHIP	1.21	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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 Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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 Dodgers placed Chayce McDermott on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
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			Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SF
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

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A.J. Puk for Chayce McDermott (2026)

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