Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Braun for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 74	‐
VBR	# 279	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	50	2
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	5.04
WHIP	1.32	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	82.0	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	72	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	79	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	3.07	‐

WHIP	1.09	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	51.1	2.7

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	3

Earned Runs	24	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	50	2

Walks	17	1

ERA	4.15	5.04

WHIP	1.32	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Michael Soroka will throw bullpens on Saturday and Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Michael Soroka remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday and Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Michael Soroka threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list with a left glute strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Lucas Braun SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Braun for Michael Soroka (2026)

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