Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Robbie Ray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 58	# 155
VBR	# 321	# 348

Projections

Strikeouts	66	51
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.43
WHIP	1.39	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 50	# 196

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 67	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 64	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	# 201

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	# 134

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 52	# 127

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	19

Games Started	19	17

Innings Pitched	110.2	96.0

Wins	8	3

Losses	6	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	90	89

Earned Runs	41	44

Home Runs Allowed	15	12

Strikeouts	96	86

Walks	54	36

ERA	3.33	4.13

WHIP	1.30	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	14

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	67.8	58.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	57

Earned Runs	34	29

Home Runs Allowed	10	8

Strikeouts	66	51

Walks	30	21

ERA	4.55	4.43

WHIP	1.39	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
News
	Robbie Ray allowed three runs (one earned) off seven hits and two walks while striking out six over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Robbie Ray will start on Sunday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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
	Robbie Ray allowed one earned run on four hits and six walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker will start Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Robbie Ray allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Robbie Ray allowed one unearned run on four hits and one walk while striking out two over eight innings in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Robbie Ray SP - SF			Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#265
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#210	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#91	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#295	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#124	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Robbie Ray (2026)

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