Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Kumar Rocker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 66	# 154
VBR	# 221	# 437

Projections

Strikeouts	31	22
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	4.40
WHIP	1.29	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 60	# 193

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 57	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 201

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 59	# 163

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 159	# 127

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	25

Games Started	11	23

Innings Pitched	54.1	126.2

Wins	4	5

Losses	2	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	125

Earned Runs	19	62

Home Runs Allowed	4	18

Strikeouts	58	117

Walks	30	51

ERA	3.15	4.41

WHIP	1.21	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	30.3	25.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	24

Earned Runs	14	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	31	22

Walks	12	9

ERA	4.06	4.40

WHIP	1.29	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
News
	Carlos Rodon will take the mound for the first game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox Saturday according to Bryan Hoch. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	Kumar Rocker allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 in innings in Monday’s 11-2 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 25th
	Carlos Rodon allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks while striking out two over four innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Kumar Rocker allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Wednesday's 6-0 loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Carlos Rodon allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Tuesday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	Kumar Rocker allowed three earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday’s loss to the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th
	The Yankees activated Carlos Rodon from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Kumar Rocker allowed six earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over three innings in Sunday's 10-5 loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	Carlos Rodon will be activated from the injured list to start against the Orioles on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY			Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Raymond Burgos		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Kumar Rocker (2026)

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