Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Paul Sewald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Cole Sulser RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 77	# 332
VBR	# 437	# 557

Projections

Strikeouts	18	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.36	3.91
WHIP	1.27	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 34	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 53	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 57	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 314

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	# 335

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Cole Sulser RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	41

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	37.2	46.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	24	2

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	35	47

Earned Runs	28	24

Home Runs Allowed	12	6

Strikeouts	43	48

Walks	9	14

ERA	6.69	4.66

WHIP	1.17	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Cole Sulser RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.8	11.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	16	11

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	11

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.36	3.91

WHIP	1.27	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Cole Sulser RP - TB
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said that Paul Sewald is out of the closer’s role, “at least for now.” Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Rays placed RHP Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list with lower back spasms. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Paul Sewald blew a save opportunity on Tuesday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Paul Sewald tossed a clean inning in a save on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Paul Sewald blew the save opportunity on Tuesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Rays placed Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Paul Sewald worked around one run allowed to earn the save on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Cole Sulser threw 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI			Cole Sulser RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Paul Sewald (2026)

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