Who Should I Trade?

Michael Soroka for Ryan Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	‐
VBR	# 412	# 649

Projections

Strikeouts	16	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.89
WHIP	1.33	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 298

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	17

Games Started	18	14

Innings Pitched	95.1	72.1

Wins	8	3

Losses	4	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	67

Earned Runs	36	44

Home Runs Allowed	6	16

Strikeouts	91	52

Walks	24	36

ERA	3.40	5.47

WHIP	1.16	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	7

Games Started	3	3

Innings Pitched	16.5	19.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	21

Earned Runs	8	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	16	17

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.17	4.89

WHIP	1.33	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
News
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Ryan Johnson allowed one hit and two walks while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Michael Soroka allowed six runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Ryan Johnson allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Michael Soroka allowed two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out five over 4 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th
	Michael Soroka allowed three hits over 4 1/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision on Monday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on three hits and five walks while striking out one over 4 2/3 innings in Thursday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	The Diamondbacks activated RHP Michael Soroka from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Ryan Johnson will start on Thursday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
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			Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
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)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Soroka for Ryan Johnson (2026)

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