Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Huascar Brazoban (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 298
VBR	# 751	# 551

Projections

Strikeouts	7	17
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.52	3.98
WHIP	1.23	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 272

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 218	# 311

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


Games Played	‐	46

Games Started	‐	6

Innings Pitched	‐	52.2

Wins	‐	5

Losses	‐	2

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	3

Holds	‐	8

Hits Allowed	‐	30

Earned Runs	‐	15

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	49

Walks	‐	23

ERA	‐	2.56

WHIP	‐	1.01

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


Games Played	6	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.1	18.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	5	17

Earned Runs	2	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	17

Walks	2	8

ERA	3.52	3.98

WHIP	1.23	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - CWS
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The White Sox are acquiring Huascar Brazobán from Mets for right-handers Gabe Davis and RHP Zach Franklin. 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	Huascar Brazoban will open for the Mets on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Huascar Brazoban will serve as the opener on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Huascar Brazoban will open for the Mets on Saturday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Huascar Brazoban will serve as the opener for the Mets on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI			Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs COL
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 24th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
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 Huascar Brazoban (2026)

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