Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for John Rave (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1111

Projections

Runs	‐	10
Home Runs	‐	2
RBI	‐	8
Stolen Bases	‐	2
Batting Average	‐	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 102	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 434	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	180	34

Runs	20	6

Hits	36	10

Singles	22	3

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	29	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	3

Strikeouts	65	8

Batting Average	.200	.294

On Base Pct	.281	.351

Slugging Pct	.389	.647

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.998

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	72

Runs	‐	10

Hits	‐	16

Singles	‐	11

Doubles	‐	3

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	2

RBI	‐	8

Stolen Bases	‐	2

Caught Stealing	‐	1

Walks	‐	8

Strikeouts	‐	20

Batting Average	‐	.228

On Base Pct	‐	.299

Slugging Pct	‐	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.672

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
News
	Brent Rooker underwent successful left knee arthroscopic surgery on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	John Rave went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd
	Brent Rooker is set to undergo season-ending left knee surgery to address cartilage damage. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 1st	John Rave went 2-for-3 in a 4-3 loss to the Twins with two doubles, one run scored and one stolen base. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st
	Brent Rooker is away from the Athletics on Tuesday being re-evaluated at Stanford for his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Royals recalled OF John Rave from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Brent Rooker has started a running and hitting progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Royals optioned John Rave to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Brent Rooker remains held out of baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	John Rave went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Nationals with a home run, a triple, two runs scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH			John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for John Rave (2026)

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