Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Landon Knack (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Landon Knack SP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	‐
VBR	# 350	# 799

Projections

Strikeouts	53	13
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	4.86
WHIP	1.37	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 195	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Landon Knack SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	1

Games Started	16	0

Innings Pitched	90.0	3.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	4

Earned Runs	44	3

Home Runs Allowed	12	2

Strikeouts	80	2

Walks	34	2

ERA	4.40	9.00

WHIP	1.36	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Landon Knack SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	16

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	61.7	14.6

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	14

Earned Runs	30	8

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	53	13

Walks	22	6

ERA	4.43	4.86

WHIP	1.37	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Landon Knack SP - LAD
News
	Kumar Rocker allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Dodgers activated RHP Landon Knack from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Kumar Rocker took the loss Sunday against the Tigers after allowing three runs on five hits and one walk over 4.1 innings. He struck out four. Most of the damage came on a two-run homer by Riley Greene in the fourth inning, and Rocker exited in the fifth after allowing a single. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	Landon Knack will make his first rehab start for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker will start Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Dodgers transferred RHP Landon Knack to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Kumar Rocker did not factor into the decision Sunday against the Blue Jays after allowing four hits and one walk over six scoreless innings. He struck out five while recording his fourth quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th	The Dodgers placed Knack on the 15-day IL Monday without disclosing an injury designation, leaving his timeline unknown. He allowed eight runs over 6.2 innings in Cactus League action this spring. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th
	Kumar Rocker allowed two runs on five hits over five innings Monday against the Marlins while recording a career-high nine strikeouts. Working behind opener Tyler Alexander, Rocker needed just 76 pitches to complete five frames and generated 20 swinging strikes with a 46 percent CSW. He also benefited from a key defensive play in the sixth inning when Ezequiel Duran cut down Xavier Edwards at the plate to end the frame. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Landon Knack SP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ NYY
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Landon Knack (2026)

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