Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Kumar Rocker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 83	# 154
VBR	# 496	# 454

Projections

Strikeouts	9	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.36
WHIP	1.35	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	# 193

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	# 201

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 127

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 163

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	25

Games Started	17	23

Innings Pitched	91.2	126.2

Wins	7	5

Losses	5	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	125

Earned Runs	35	62

Home Runs Allowed	15	18

Strikeouts	93	117

Walks	34	51

ERA	3.44	4.41

WHIP	1.25	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	5

Games Started	2	5

Innings Pitched	9.0	25.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	25

Earned Runs	4	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	9	22

Walks	3	10

ERA	4.03	4.36

WHIP	1.35	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
News
	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	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
	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Connelly Early will have his throwing program paused after he experienced forearm tightness in between innings of his live BP session this week. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	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
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#284
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#263
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Kumar Rocker (2026)

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