Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 154	# 139
VBR	# 457	# 453

Projections

Strikeouts	24	25
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.41	4.19
WHIP	1.38	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	# 120

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	# 102

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	# 142

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	18

Games Started	23	15

Innings Pitched	126.2	67.2

Wins	5	6

Losses	10	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	125	55

Earned Runs	62	40

Home Runs Allowed	18	9

Strikeouts	117	83

Walks	51	44

ERA	4.41	5.32

WHIP	1.39	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	12

Games Started	5	3

Innings Pitched	27.7	23.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	20

Earned Runs	14	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	24	25

Walks	10	11

ERA	4.41	4.19

WHIP	1.38	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
News
	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	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one over 2/3 of an inning in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Tatsuya Imai allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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