Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Quinn Mathews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 155	‐
VBR	# 354	# 752

Projections

Strikeouts	53	15
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.42	4.24
WHIP	1.37	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 196	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	16	‐

Innings Pitched	90.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	88	‐

Earned Runs	44	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	80	‐

Walks	34	‐

ERA	4.40	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	10

Games Started	11	2

Innings Pitched	60.8	15.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	14

Earned Runs	30	7

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	53	15

Walks	22	8

ERA	4.42	4.24

WHIP	1.37	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
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
	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
	Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker will start Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	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
	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			Quinn Mathews SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Quinn Mathews (2026)

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