Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Ryan Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 577	# 764

Projections

Strikeouts	12	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.49	4.23
WHIP	1.28	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 438

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.4	9.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	9	7

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	12	10

Walks	4	5

ERA	3.49	4.23

WHIP	1.28	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Mets have reassigned right-hander Ryan Lambert to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	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	Lambert compiled a 1.62 ERA and 1.16 WHIP with 81 strikeouts and 17 walks across 50 innings between High-A Brooklyn and Double-A Binghamton in 2025. His professional experience has not extended beyond the Double-A level. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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			Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#183	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ WSH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Ryan Lambert (2026)

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