Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Kade Strowd (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 694	# 787

Projections

Strikeouts	8	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.09
WHIP	1.38	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	1.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	38	1

Earned Runs	19	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	22	1

Walks	12	3

ERA	4.84	9.00

WHIP	1.42	4.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.9	9.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	11	10

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	9

Walks	3	5

ERA	4.21	4.09

WHIP	1.38	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
News
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The D-backs have optioned right-hander Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	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
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	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
	The Brewers acquired RHP Joel Kuhnel from the Brewers for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Kade Strowd (2026)

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