Ben Shields or Cole Ragans

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Ben Shields or Cole Ragans Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	35.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	4.84	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Ben Shields or Cole Ragans Player Projections
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	27	‐

Innings Pitched	153.8	‐

Wins	10	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	123	‐

Earned Runs	57	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	188	‐

Walks	53	‐

ERA	3.32	‐

WHIP	1.15	‐

Ben Shields or Cole Ragans Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Cole Ragans will be shut down for 2-3 days before being re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Cole Ragans threw 68 pitches over 4 1/3 innings in a rehab start at Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	The Royals announced that Cole Ragans is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said that Cole Ragans played catch and threw at a higher volume and higher intensity on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Cole Ragans played catch on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
Notes
	After a brilliant 2024 season, Cole Ragans dealt with injuries in 2025, including a groin strain and a left rotator cuff strain. He started only 13 games, threw 61 2/3 innings, and finished with an ugly 4.67 ERA. However, his xERA was 2.68, FIP was 2.50, and xFIP was 2.45, so a lot of his struggles resulted from terrible luck (.354 BABIP). His 38.1% strikeout rate is unsustainable, but his career swinging strike rate is 14.2%, meaning he should remain a valuable source of Ks. No one likes hearing "left rotator cuff strain" on a left-handed pitcher, but upon his return late last year, he pitched his best innings of the season. There is some risk involved in the 28-year-old, but he will be a high-reward pick if he stays healthy. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Ben Shields or Cole Ragans Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Ragans SP - KC			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#123	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#242	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#49	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#57	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)	#373
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#378
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (7-3)	#29	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (2-6)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#88	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#252
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#181	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-2)	#217
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#417	@ SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#331
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#54	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#68	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#292
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#40	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#62	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#69	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	vs SD	Walker Buehler (3-2)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#152	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#183	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#392
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-5)	#115	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#98	vs ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#50	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (3-0)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (3-1)	#204
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#88	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#112	vs NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#417	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#199	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#181	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#150
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#95
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#116
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (6-2)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (3-4)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-0)	#162
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (4-2)	#102	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#74
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (6-2)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#84
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#62	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#40	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#246
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (0-0)	#33	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (4-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (3-4)	#52	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#74	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-3)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (1-1)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#394
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sat, Jun 20th				vs PIT
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL			vs PIT
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB			vs BOS
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB			vs BOS
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB			vs BOS
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI			vs SF
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI			vs SF
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM			@ SF
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL			@ SF
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL			@ SF
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD			vs CIN
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF			vs WSH
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF			vs WSH
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET			@ MIL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#394
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (7-3)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI