Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Taylor Rogers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 330
VBR	# 569	# 610

Projections

Strikeouts	12	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.50	4.25
WHIP	1.26	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 415

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	41

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	34.0

Wins	‐	4

Losses	‐	3

Saves	‐	2

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	9

Hits Allowed	‐	41

Earned Runs	‐	21

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	30

Walks	‐	14

ERA	‐	5.56

WHIP	‐	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.4	21.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	9	20

Earned Runs	4	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	12	21

Walks	4	9

ERA	3.50	4.25

WHIP	1.26	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Taylor Rogers got the final out of a 4-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday to earn a save. Matthew Adam Sun, May 24th
	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	Taylor Rogers struck out one batter over 0.2 scoreless innings to earn the save in Monday's 6-3 win over the Astros. Matthew Adam Tue, May 19th
	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	Taylor Rogers has agreed to a one-year, $2 million deal with the Minnesota Twins. Vince DiSilvio Thu, Jan 22nd
	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			Taylor Rogers RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

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A.J. Puk for Taylor Rogers (2026)

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