Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 753	# 951

Projections

Strikeouts	9	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.23	4.03
WHIP	1.42	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 319	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	35.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	6	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.84	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	2.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	3

Walks	3	1

ERA	4.23	4.03

WHIP	1.42	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Brewers acquired RHP Joel Kuhnel from the Brewers for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

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