Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Zak Kent (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 747	# 1012

Projections

Strikeouts	7	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.50	4.47
WHIP	1.23	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	14.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	18

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	7

ERA	‐	6.28

WHIP	‐	1.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.1	6.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	6

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	5

Walks	2	3

ERA	3.50	4.47

WHIP	1.23	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Zak Kent RP - WSH
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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 Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	Zak Kent is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
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			Zak Kent RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#229	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Sun, Aug 30th				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

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A.J. Puk for Zak Kent (2026)

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