Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Mitch Spence (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	‐
VBR	# 304	# 854

Projections

Strikeouts	42	10
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.92
WHIP	1.36	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 198	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 174	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	# 465

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	3

Games Started	18	1

Innings Pitched	102.2	9.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	19

Earned Runs	46	22

Home Runs Allowed	13	3

Strikeouts	93	6

Walks	38	9

ERA	4.03	21.21

WHIP	1.28	3.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	47.8	13.3

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	15

Earned Runs	23	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	42	10

Walks	17	4

ERA	4.40	4.92

WHIP	1.36	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
News
	Kumar Rocker allowed three earned runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Kumar Rocker allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over 6 2/3 innings in Monday's 7-3 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Kumar Rocker allowed one hit and two walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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 Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Mitch Spence (2026)

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