Who Should I Trade?

Drew Sommers for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Drew Sommers RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 700	# 568

Projections

Strikeouts	8	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	3.93
WHIP	1.38	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	# 402

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Drew Sommers RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	13.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	5	6

Hits Allowed	38	15

Earned Runs	19	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	22	19

Walks	12	8

ERA	4.84	5.27

WHIP	1.42	1.68

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Drew Sommers RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.9	18.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	11	17

Earned Runs	5	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	8	18

Walks	3	8

ERA	4.21	3.93

WHIP	1.38	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Drew Sommers RP - DET
News
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Tigers have recalled left-hander Drew Sommers from Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Drew Sommers is with the Tigers on standby on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Drew Sommers will serve as the Tigers’ 27th man for Sunday’s doubleheader against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	Drew Sommers was with the Tigers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Brewers acquired RHP Joel Kuhnel from the Brewers for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Sommers allowed two runs without surrendering a hit across three Grapefruit League innings. He walked four batters, hit two with pitches and threw one wild pitch during his spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Drew Sommers RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#135
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#176
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Sommers for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

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