Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Kumar Rocker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 159	‐
VBR	# 337	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	45	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.00
WHIP	1.37	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 196	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 174	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	102.2	2.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	1

Earned Runs	46	1

Home Runs Allowed	13	0

Strikeouts	93	1

Walks	38	2

ERA	4.03	4.50

WHIP	1.28	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	18

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	51.5	6.8

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	50	7

Earned Runs	25	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	45	6

Walks	18	3

ERA	4.40	4.00

WHIP	1.37	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Kumar Rocker allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over 6 2/3 innings in Monday's 7-3 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	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	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker will start Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Kumar Rocker (2026)

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