Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Zac Gallen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 154	# 159
VBR	# 437	# 565

Projections

Strikeouts	22	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.60
WHIP	1.38	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	# 170

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	# 86

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	# 231

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	19

Games Started	23	19

Innings Pitched	126.2	98.0

Wins	5	3

Losses	10	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	125	123

Earned Runs	62	72

Home Runs Allowed	18	18

Strikeouts	117	61

Walks	51	31

ERA	4.41	6.61

WHIP	1.39	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	2

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	25.2	14.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	15

Earned Runs	12	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	22	11

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.40	4.60

WHIP	1.38	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
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	Zac Gallen threw 45 pitches in a bridge camp game in Arizona on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	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	Zac Gallen will face hitters in a simulated game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	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	Zac Gallen threw a 33-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Zac Gallen has progressed to throwing out to 120 feet. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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 Diamondbacks transferred Zac Gallen to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			Zac Gallen SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th				vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Zac Gallen (2026)

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