Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Kumar Rocker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 146	# 288
VBR	# 298	# 613

Projections

Strikeouts	40	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.08
WHIP	1.36	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 198	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 334

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	# 229

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	32

Games Started	19	4

Innings Pitched	108.0	34.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	103	36

Earned Runs	49	24

Home Runs Allowed	14	6

Strikeouts	98	40

Walks	40	12

ERA	4.08	6.29

WHIP	1.32	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	45.9	10.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	44	11

Earned Runs	22	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	40	10

Walks	16	4

ERA	4.36	4.08

WHIP	1.36	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
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 Pirates recalled Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 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	The Pirates optioned LHP Brandon Eisert to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	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	The Pittsburgh Pirates are acquiring infielder Jacob Gonzalez and left-handed reliever Brandon Eisert from the Chicago White Sox for the 34th pick in tomorrow's draft and left-handed reliever Jaden Woods. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Brandon Eisert will serve as the opener for the White Sox on Friday against the Tigers. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	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	Brandon Eisert will open for the White Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Kumar Rocker (2026)

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