Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Tyler Gilbert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 145	‐
VBR	# 299	# 907

Projections

Strikeouts	41	10
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.43
WHIP	1.36	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 192	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 412

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Tyler Gilbert SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	19	1

Innings Pitched	108.0	3.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	103	7

Earned Runs	49	7

Home Runs Allowed	14	2

Strikeouts	98	3

Walks	40	4

ERA	4.08	17.18

WHIP	1.32	3.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Tyler Gilbert SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	46.2	11.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	11

Earned Runs	22	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	41	10

Walks	16	4

ERA	4.37	4.43

WHIP	1.36	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Tyler Gilbert SP,RP - CWS
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 White Sox optioned Tyler Gilbert to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	The White Sox activated Tyler Gilbert from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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 White Sox placed LHP Tyler Gilbert on the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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 White Sox recalled LHP Tyler Gilbert from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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 White Sox optioned LHP Tyler Gilbert to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Tyler Gilbert SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Jun 17th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Tyler Gilbert (2026)

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