Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Edwin Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 91	‐
VBR	# 305	# 569

Projections

Strikeouts	24	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	7	0
ERA	3.27	3.50
WHIP	1.17	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 191

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	10.50	‐

WHIP	2.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	10.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	7	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	13	9

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	24	12

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.27	3.50

WHIP	1.17	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule out Edwin Diaz being activated this upcoming weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Edwin Diaz worked a perfect inning in a rehab appearance for Low-A Ontario on Friday. 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
	Edwin Diaz will pitch for Single-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Edwin Diaz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Ontario on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Edwin Diaz threw his second live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#237	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#264	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SD
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Edwin Diaz (2026)

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