Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Mitch Keller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	# 154
VBR	‐	# 442

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	21
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.38
WHIP	‐	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	# 193

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	# 201

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 127

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	# 163

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	25

Games Started	22	23

Innings Pitched	115.2	126.2

Wins	6	5

Losses	8	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	125

Earned Runs	71	62

Home Runs Allowed	15	18

Strikeouts	89	117

Walks	42	51

ERA	5.52	4.41

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	5

Innings Pitched	‐	24.4

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	2

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	24

Earned Runs	‐	12

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	21

Walks	‐	9

ERA	‐	4.38

WHIP	‐	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
News
	The Pirates placed Mitch Keller on the 60-day injured list with a right arm teres major muscle injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Kumar Rocker allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out seven over three innings in Sunday's loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th
	Mitch Keller allowed seven runs on six hits over two innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Kumar Rocker allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 in innings in Monday’s 11-2 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 25th
	Mitch Keller allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Kumar Rocker allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Wednesday's 6-0 loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Mitch Keller allowed three hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Kumar Rocker allowed three earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday’s loss to the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Kumar Rocker allowed six earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over three innings in Sunday's 10-5 loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#271
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#301
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#291
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Mitch Keller (2026)

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