Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Grant Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	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	# 132	‐
VBR	# 196	# 779

Projections

Strikeouts	34	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	6	0
ERA	3.26	3.85
WHIP	1.21	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 108	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	# 191

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	51.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	5	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	72	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	2.63	‐

WHIP	1.07	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.7	7.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	23	6

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	34	8

Walks	10	3

ERA	3.26	3.85

WHIP	1.21	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	Grant Taylor allowed two hits over a scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Grant Taylor allowed one walk while striking out two over 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a 1-0 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Grant Taylor walked one and struck out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Grant Taylor struck out three over one scoreless inning to pick up the save in Saturday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 7th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Grant Taylor (2026)

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