Who Should I Trade?

Cade Cavalli for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 85
VBR	# 411	# 221

Projections

Strikeouts	16	29
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.09	3.82
WHIP	1.33	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	# 99

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	# 164

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 99

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 34

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	# 54

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	28

Games Started	18	28

Innings Pitched	95.1	148.2

Wins	8	12

Losses	4	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	137

Earned Runs	36	53

Home Runs Allowed	6	17

Strikeouts	91	169

Walks	24	43

ERA	3.40	3.21

WHIP	1.16	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	3	5

Innings Pitched	17.4	28.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	27

Earned Runs	8	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	16	29

Walks	6	9

ERA	4.09	3.82

WHIP	1.33	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH
News
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Cade Cavalli allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Jesse Garcia Tue, Aug 25th
	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	Cade Cavalli allowed zero earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Wednesday's win over the Rangers.` Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 20th
	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	Cade Cavalli allowed no runs on one hit and two walks while striking out 10 over eight innings in Thursday's 7-0 win over the Cubs. Jesse Garcia Fri, Aug 14th
	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	Cade Cavalli allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over six innings in Friday's 5-3 win over the Reds. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th
	The Diamondbacks activated RHP Michael Soroka from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Cade Cavalli allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Braves. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 3rd
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			Cade Cavalli SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Aug 30th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
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
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
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Cavalli for Michael Soroka (2026)

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