Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 235
VBR	# 380	# 626

Projections

Strikeouts	16	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	4.70
WHIP	1.31	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	# 141

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	# 269

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 457

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	18	18

Innings Pitched	95.1	98.1

Wins	8	3

Losses	4	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	104

Earned Runs	36	65

Home Runs Allowed	6	17

Strikeouts	91	85

Walks	24	37

ERA	3.40	5.95

WHIP	1.16	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	4

Games Started	3	4

Innings Pitched	17.1	22.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	22

Earned Runs	8	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	16	18

Walks	6	8

ERA	4.08	4.70

WHIP	1.31	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
News
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Andrew Painter gave up three runs on two hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's 5-3 win against the Angels. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 29th
	Michael Soroka allowed six runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Andrew Painter allowed one earned run on five hits and no walks while striking out eight over seven innings in Saturday's 12-3 win over the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 23rd
	Michael Soroka allowed two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Andrew Painter allowed five runs on six hits and three walks while striking out two over five frames in Sunday's 7-5 win against the Twins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th
	Michael Soroka allowed three hits over 4 1/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision on Monday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Andrew Painter gave up two runs on just two hits and three walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Monday's 6-5 win against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th
	The Diamondbacks activated RHP Michael Soroka from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Andrew Painter is good to go on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Andrew Painter SP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 30th				@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ ARI	Kade Strowd
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for Michael Soroka (2026)

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