Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Dobbins for Zac Gallen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 152	‐
VBR	# 506	# 512

Projections

Strikeouts	21	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	4.45
WHIP	1.39	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 86	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 191	# 331

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 231	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	7

Games Started	19	4

Innings Pitched	98.0	33.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	123	34

Earned Runs	72	14

Home Runs Allowed	18	4

Strikeouts	61	32

Walks	31	11

ERA	6.61	3.74

WHIP	1.57	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	17

Games Started	5	4

Innings Pitched	26.6	30.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	31

Earned Runs	14	15

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	21	23

Walks	9	10

ERA	4.58	4.45

WHIP	1.39	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
News
	Zac Gallen is scheduled to undergo further imaging in early August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Cardinals optioned Hunter Dobbins to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Zac Gallen has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Hunter Dobbins allowed zero earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings in Wednesday's win over the Angels. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	Zac Gallen was scheduled to be back in Arizona on Tuesday to resume his rehab. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Cardinals recalled Hunter Dobbins from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Zac Gallen is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury on Monday Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said that Zac Gallen “is waiting for other opinions from other doctors.” Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Hunter Dobbins to start Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI			Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#262	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Dobbins for Zac Gallen (2026)

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