Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Hughes for Kumar Rocker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 155	‐
VBR	# 322	# 659

Projections

Strikeouts	47	31
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.77
WHIP	1.37	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 196	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	# 63

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	17	3

Innings Pitched	96.0	19.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	16

Earned Runs	44	6

Home Runs Allowed	12	0

Strikeouts	86	19

Walks	36	6

ERA	4.13	2.79

WHIP	1.30	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	10	5

Innings Pitched	53.9	37.5

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	40

Earned Runs	26	20

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	47	31

Walks	19	13

ERA	4.36	4.77

WHIP	1.37	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
News
	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	Gabriel Hughes allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in a loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Gabriel Hughes allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Friday’s loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Gabriel Hughes will start on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker will start Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Gabriel Hughes allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Wednesday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th
	Kumar Rocker did not factor into the decision Sunday against the Blue Jays after allowing four hits and one walk over six scoreless innings. He struck out five while recording his fourth quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th	The Rockies selected the contract of RHP Gabriel Hughes from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Hughes for Kumar Rocker (2026)

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