Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Jax for Kade Strowd (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	‐
VBR	# 276	# 774

Projections

Strikeouts	43	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	4.33
WHIP	1.25	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 144	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 160	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	1

Games Started	16	0

Innings Pitched	81.0	1.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	71	1

Earned Runs	34	1

Home Runs Allowed	13	0

Strikeouts	82	1

Walks	27	3

ERA	3.78	9.00

WHIP	1.21	4.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	14

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	39.6	11.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	35	11

Earned Runs	17	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	43	10

Walks	13	5

ERA	3.81	4.33

WHIP	1.25	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
News
	Griffin Jax allowed seven runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in the first game of Friday's doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, taking the loss in a 10-0 defeat. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 17th	The D-backs have optioned right-hander Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
	Griffin Jax will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Kade Strowd complained of a "dead arm" during his Friday outing against the Washington Nationals and will undergo further testing. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	Griffin Jax allowed one run on four hits and three walks while striking out three across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on one hit and two walks while striking out 10 across five innings in Monday's 5-1 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	Strowd posted a 1.71 ERA and 1.10 WHIP across 26.1 innings with the Orioles last season and came to Arizona via trade in February with a shot at the Opening Day roster. He allowed 10 earned runs across just 7.2 Cactus League innings, however, undercutting his case. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out five across six innings in Tuesday's 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	The Arizona Diamondbacks are acquiring Kade Strowd, Wellington Aracena and Jose Mejia from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Blaze Alexander. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB			Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
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 (4-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Jax for Kade Strowd (2026)

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