Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 9	# 145
VBR	# 54	# 299

Projections

Strikeouts	63	41
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.27	4.37
WHIP	1.12	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	# 192

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	# 201

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	# 95

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	# 127

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	21

Games Started	18	19

Innings Pitched	105.0	108.0

Wins	10	4

Losses	2	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	73	103

Earned Runs	29	49

Home Runs Allowed	13	14

Strikeouts	126	98

Walks	23	40

ERA	2.49	4.08

WHIP	0.91	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	8

Innings Pitched	55.4	46.2

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	45

Earned Runs	20	22

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	63	41

Walks	15	16

ERA	3.27	4.37

WHIP	1.12	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up no runs on one hit with three strikeouts over two innings in Sunday's 8-0 win against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

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Kumar Rocker for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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