Who Should I Trade?

Drew Rasmussen for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 25	# 74
VBR	# 116	# 279

Projections

Strikeouts	62	50
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.15
WHIP	1.18	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 32	# 62

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 21	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	# 99

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 39	# 59

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 99

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 33	# 74

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	15

Games Started	18	15

Innings Pitched	99.1	82.0

Wins	7	8

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	76	72

Earned Runs	36	28

Home Runs Allowed	12	6

Strikeouts	98	79

Walks	17	17

ERA	3.26	3.07

WHIP	0.94	1.09

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	9

Innings Pitched	64.8	51.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	47

Earned Runs	26	24

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	62	50

Walks	16	17

ERA	3.63	4.15

WHIP	1.18	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI
News
	Drew Rasmussen allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across 2.1 innings in Thursday's 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Michael Soroka will throw bullpens on Saturday and Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed five runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two across five innings in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Michael Soroka remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Drew Rasmussen tossed six scoreless innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out five. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday and Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday's 2-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd	Michael Soroka threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed one run on six hits and no walks while striking out seven across seven in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list with a left glute strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB			Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Rasmussen for Michael Soroka (2026)

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