Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Joe La Sorsa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Joe La Sorsa RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 774	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	7	8
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	4.71
WHIP	1.24	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Joe La Sorsa RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	0.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	0

ERA	‐	27.00

WHIP	‐	3.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Joe La Sorsa RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.3	10.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	11

Earned Runs	3	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	8

Walks	2	4

ERA	3.83	4.71

WHIP	1.24	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Joe La Sorsa RP - BOS
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Red Sox optioned Joe La Sorsa to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	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 Red Sox selected the contract of LHP Joe La Sorsa from Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 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	The Red Sox acquired Joe La Sorsa from Pittsburgh for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Pirates reassigned LHP Joe La Sorsa to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	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
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI			Joe La Sorsa RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Joe La Sorsa (2026)

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