Who Should I Trade?

Michael Soroka for Robert Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 75	‐
VBR	# 272	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	41	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.09	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 105	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
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	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	42.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	39	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.09	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
News
	Michael Soroka will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Stephenson signed a three-year, $33 million deal with the Angels after the 2023 season and previously underwent UCL reconstruction in May 2024. He experienced thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms over the winter and was eased into spring workouts before right elbow inflammation emerged and landed him on the 60-day IL prior to Opening Day. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Angels placed RHP Robert Stephenson on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a simulated game on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Angels reliever Robert Stephenson has suffered a setback and said there is concern of further damage to his UCL. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Michael Soroka will throw bullpens on Saturday and Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Angels reliever Robert Stephenson (shoulder) has suffered a setback and wil undergo tests. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	Michael Soroka remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Robert Stephenson said he “felt great” after facing live hitters for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Soroka for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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