Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 141
VBR	# 411	# 283

Projections

Strikeouts	16	24
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.09	3.77
WHIP	1.33	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	# 204

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	# 153

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 116

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	# 91

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	13

Games Started	18	13

Innings Pitched	95.1	75.2

Wins	8	5

Losses	4	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	55

Earned Runs	36	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	91	55

Walks	24	25

ERA	3.40	2.26

WHIP	1.16	1.06

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	3	5

Innings Pitched	17.4	29.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	28

Earned Runs	8	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	24

Walks	6	11

ERA	4.09	3.77

WHIP	1.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
News
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Clay Holmes tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out five in Tuesday's 5-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 26th
	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	Clay Holmes allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out one across 5.1 innings in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th
	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	Clay Holmes allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three across 6.2 scoreless innings in Friday's 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th
	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	Clay Holmes allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out one across four innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th
	The Diamondbacks activated RHP Michael Soroka from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	The Cubs activated RHP Clay Holmes from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
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			Clay Holmes SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71

Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Michael Soroka (2026)

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