Cole Ragans or Dylan Cease

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Cole Ragans or Dylan Cease Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Dylan Cease SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	8	11

Innings Pitched	35.1	62.0

Wins	1	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	49

Earned Runs	19	21

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	45	92

Walks	23	26

ERA	4.84	3.05

WHIP	1.42	1.21

Cole Ragans or Dylan Cease Player Projections
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Dylan Cease SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	30

Games Started	27	30

Innings Pitched	153.8	168.3

Wins	10	11

Losses	7	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	123	141

Earned Runs	57	68

Home Runs Allowed	16	20

Strikeouts	188	198

Walks	53	64

ERA	3.32	3.64

WHIP	1.15	1.22

Cole Ragans or Dylan Cease Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Dylan Cease SP - TOR
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	Dylan Cease played light catch on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	Dylan Cease (hamstring) is being placed on the 15-day injured list by the Toronto Blue Jays according to Keegan Matheson. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th
	The Royals announced that Cole Ragans is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Dylan Cease will undergo an MRI on his hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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	Dylan Cease was removed from Sunday's game with mild left hamstring discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Cole Ragans played catch on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	Dylan Cease was removed from his start early on Sunday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
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	Dylan Cease signed a seven-year, $210 million contract with the Blue Jays in November, parlaying his steady strikeout rate numbers and artificially inflated ERA in 2025 into security with the 2025 runners-up. In his age-29 season, Cease was snakebit by a .320 BABIP, ballooning his ERA to 4.55 with an xERA of 3.46. The important stat to know is his 29.8% K-rate and five consecutive years of 200+ strikeouts. If you can absorb a bit of a WHIP hit (career 1.26), the counting stats are there for the taking. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Cole Ragans or Dylan Cease Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Ragans SP - KC			Dylan Cease SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#117
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#344
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#224	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#425
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#362
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#66
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#62	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#58	@ CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#76	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#224
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#347	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#69	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#136
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#65	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#68	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#91
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#370
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#150	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#369	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#44	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#213	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#117	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#118	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#75
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#224
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#92	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#74
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#370
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#38
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#347	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#222	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#48
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#101	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#161	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#139	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#69
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#100	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#125
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#97
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#65	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#32	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (3-4)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#105	@ BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#196
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#77	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#50
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#322	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#81	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN			vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU			vs NYY
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL			@ BOS
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL			@ CHC
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL			@ CHC
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB			vs HOU
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB			vs HOU
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB			vs HOU
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB			vs TEX
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB			vs NYM
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB			vs NYM
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI			@ SEA
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI			@ SF
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM			@ SF
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM			@ SF
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL			@ SD
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL			@ SD
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL			@ SD
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD			vs CWS
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF			vs TB
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF			vs TB
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF			vs TB
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET			vs TB
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET			@ BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (1-1)	#420
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#19
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#33
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL