Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodriguez for Cole Sulser (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 333	‐
VBR	# 534	# 998

Projections

Strikeouts	12	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.77
WHIP	1.29	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 316	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	4

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	46.1	9.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	47	10

Earned Runs	24	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	48	8

Walks	14	4

ERA	4.66	3.86

WHIP	1.32	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.5	6.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	6

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	12	5

Walks	4	3

ERA	3.94	4.77

WHIP	1.29	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
News
	The Rays placed RHP Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list with lower back spasms. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Brewers designated Carlos Rodriguez for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	Carlos Rodriguez is scheduled to make his next rehab outing with Triple-A Nashville on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Cole Sulser has begun throwing live batting practice and is reportedly doing well, according to Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash. Cash indicated Sulser could return to the active roster “pretty soon” if his progression continues without setbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th	The Milwaukee Brewers reversed Carlos Rodriguez's May 31 option to Triple-A and placed him on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder impingement. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
	The Rays placed Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	The Brewers optioned Carlos Rodriguez to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Cole Sulser threw 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th	The Brewers recalled RHP Carlos Rodriguez from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sulser RP - TB			Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodriguez for Cole Sulser (2026)

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