Ben Kudrna or DJ Herz

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Ben Kudrna or DJ Herz Player Statistics
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Stats


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Ben Kudrna or DJ Herz Player Projections
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	8

Games Started	2	2

Innings Pitched	32.5	14.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	27	16

Earned Runs	15	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	31	11

Walks	13	7

ERA	4.17	5.06

WHIP	1.24	1.51

Ben Kudrna or DJ Herz Player Notes
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session last Friday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	DJ Herz progressed to a rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	DJ Herz worked two innings for Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Kansas City optioned Kudrna to Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. He made his first appearance at that level last season, surrendering 18 earned runs across 11.1 innings. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	DJ Herz tossed two perfect innings with Double-A Harrisburg on August 14 in his second rehab outing. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	DJ Herz is making his next rehab start on Friday for Double-A Harrisburg. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
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Ben Kudrna or DJ Herz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	DJ Herz SP - WSH			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#100	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-2)	#81	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#210	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#195
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#366	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#161	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#297
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#250
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#321	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#181	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#404	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#402
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#248
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#399	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#104	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#55
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET