Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Michael Wacha (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 113	‐
VBR	# 273	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	54	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.36	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 64	# 466

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	20	13

Innings Pitched	125.1	64.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	111	65

Earned Runs	51	44

Home Runs Allowed	15	7

Strikeouts	101	47

Walks	36	36

ERA	3.66	6.19

WHIP	1.17	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	67.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	67	‐

Earned Runs	33	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	4.36	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
News
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday's win over the Giants. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	Jack Kochanowicz will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Michael Wacha allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 10th	The Angels placed Jack Kochanowicz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	Jack Kochanowicz lasted just 2.1 innings on Sunday and surrendered three runs on five hits, walked four, and struck out one as the Angels lost to the Rays, 5-2. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 7.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th	Jack Kochanowicz allowed three runs on three hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	Jack Kochanowicz served up three home runs in six innings and was charged with six runs on seven hits in a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Wacha SP - KC			Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Michael Wacha (2026)

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