Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Kumar Rocker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 154	# 234
VBR	# 454	# 412

Projections

Strikeouts	22	24
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.33
WHIP	1.38	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	# 254

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	# 145

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	15

Games Started	23	15

Innings Pitched	126.2	71.2

Wins	5	4

Losses	10	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	125	79

Earned Runs	62	49

Home Runs Allowed	18	11

Strikeouts	117	65

Walks	51	31

ERA	4.41	6.15

WHIP	1.39	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	5	5

Innings Pitched	25.7	24.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	24

Earned Runs	12	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	22	24

Walks	10	9

ERA	4.36	4.33

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
News
	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	Grayson Rodriguez allowed one earned run on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th
	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	Grayson Rodriguez allowed five hits and two walks while striking out six over seven scoreless innings in Thursday's win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st
	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	Grayson Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th
	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	Grayson Rodriguez allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over four innings in Sunday's 12-3 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	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	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in Tuesday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#284	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#263	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Kumar Rocker (2026)

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