Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Joe Ross (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Joe Ross RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 714	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	8
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.40	4.50
WHIP	1.23	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Joe Ross RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	11.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	16

Earned Runs	‐	12

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	9.26

WHIP	‐	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Joe Ross RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.9	10.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	5	10

Earned Runs	2	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	8

Walks	2	4

ERA	3.40	4.50

WHIP	1.23	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Joe Ross RP - TEX
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Rangers re-signed RHP Joe Ross to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 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	Joe Ross has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Joe Ross was designated for assignment ahead of Monday's game at Cleveland. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Rangers selected the contract of RHP Joe Ross from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	The Rangers signed Joe Ross to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
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			Joe Ross RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#400
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

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A.J. Puk for Joe Ross (2026)

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