Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Kumar Rocker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Austin Love SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 145	‐
VBR	# 299	# 1053

Projections

Strikeouts	41	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.72
WHIP	1.36	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 192	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	108.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	103	‐

Earned Runs	49	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	98	‐

Walks	40	‐

ERA	4.08	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	46.2	7.8

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	8

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	41	6

Walks	16	4

ERA	4.37	4.72

WHIP	1.36	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Austin Love SP - STL
News
	Kumar Rocker allowed three earned runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Cardinals reassigned RHP Austin Love to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Kumar Rocker allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over 6 2/3 innings in Monday's 7-3 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Kumar Rocker allowed one hit and two walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Kumar Rocker allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Kumar Rocker took the loss Sunday against the Tigers after allowing three runs on five hits and one walk over 4.1 innings. He struck out four. Most of the damage came on a two-run homer by Riley Greene in the fourth inning, and Rocker exited in the fifth after allowing a single. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Austin Love SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Kumar Rocker (2026)

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