Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for T.J. Nichols (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	‐
VBR	# 356	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	53	2
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.42	3.92
WHIP	1.37	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 195	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
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	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	60.8	2.3

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	2

Earned Runs	30	1

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	53	2

Walks	22	1

ERA	4.42	3.92

WHIP	1.37	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
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	The Rays reassigned RHP T.J. Nichols to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 17th				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for T.J. Nichols (2026)

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