Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Justin Slaten (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 288	‐
VBR	# 442	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.79	‐
WHIP	1.21	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 190	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	31.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	17	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.60	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	3.79	‐

WHIP	1.21	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	Justin Slaten had an MRI returned that showed no structural damage. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Justin Slaten underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Red Sox placed RHP Justin Slaten on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	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
	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th	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 activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#406	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Justin Slaten (2026)

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