Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Kumar Rocker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 8	# 154
VBR	# 47	# 339

Projections

Strikeouts	75	47
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.03	4.40
WHIP	1.15	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	# 195

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 201

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 134

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 127

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	19

Games Started	19	17

Innings Pitched	111.0	96.0

Wins	11	3

Losses	6	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	91	89

Earned Runs	27	44

Home Runs Allowed	8	12

Strikeouts	134	86

Walks	26	36

ERA	2.19	4.13

WHIP	1.05	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	11	10

Innings Pitched	61.6	53.5

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	52

Earned Runs	21	26

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	75	47

Walks	16	19

ERA	3.03	4.40

WHIP	1.15	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
News
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	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
	Chris Sale gave up no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 11th	Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker will start Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Chris Sale was tagged for three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out three across five-plus innings in Saturday's 14-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	Kumar Rocker did not factor into the decision Sunday against the Blue Jays after allowing four hits and one walk over six scoreless innings. He struck out five while recording his fourth quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Kumar Rocker (2026)

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