Cole Ragans or Eric Lauer
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| Cole Ragans SP - KC  | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 8 | 9 |
| Games Started | 8 | 7 |
| Innings Pitched | 35.1 | 42.1 |
| Wins | 1 | 2 |
| Losses | 4 | 5 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 27 | 42 |
| Earned Runs | 19 | 28 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 10 | 12 |
| Strikeouts | 45 | 30 |
| Walks | 23 | 17 |
| ERA | 4.84 | 5.95 |
| WHIP | 1.42 | 1.39 |
| Cole Ragans SP - KC | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 27 | 40 |
| Games Started | 27 | 4 |
| Innings Pitched | 153.8 | 68.6 |
| Wins | 10 | 4 |
| Losses | 7 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 123 | 65 |
| Earned Runs | 57 | 32 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 16 | 11 |
| Strikeouts | 188 | 63 |
| Walks | 53 | 22 |
| ERA | 3.32 | 4.19 |
| WHIP | 1.15 | 1.26 |
| Cole Ragans SP - KC | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD | |
| 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 | Eric Lauer allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday's win over Colorado. Chase Davis Wed, May 27th | |
| 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 | Eric Lauer threw a bullpen session 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 | Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer is penciled in to start next Tuesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th | |
| 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 | Eric Lauer will join the Dodgers rotation after their current road trip. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | |
| Cole Ragans played catch on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the Dodgers plan to use Eric Lauer as a reliever/swingman. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | |
| 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 | ||
| Cole Ragans SP - KC | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #84 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #116 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #123 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #242 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #16 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (7-3) | #29 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #67 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #49 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #175 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #57 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #94 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #145 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (7-3) | #29 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #22 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #88 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #11 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #181 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #80 | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #96 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #417 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #74 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #54 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #9 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #28 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-6) | #68 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #40 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) | #427 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #62 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #423 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #69 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #425 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #428 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #90 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #92 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #152 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #394 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #134 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #48 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #23 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #183 | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #120 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #61 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-5) | #115 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #8 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #98 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #87 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #50 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ HOU | Steven Okert | |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (7-3) | #29 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #189 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #88 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #200 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #113 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #417 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #191 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #199 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #75 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #181 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #414 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-3) | #39 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (1-1) | #76 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #32 | @ SD | Michael King (4-3) | #36 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #27 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #132 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (4-2) | #102 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #186 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (2-4) | #13 | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #49 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #188 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #8 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #139 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #62 | vs COL | Tanner Gordon (0-0) | #345 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #40 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #296 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (0-0) | #33 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) | #427 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #52 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #6 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #96 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #74 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #116 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (6-2) | #71 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #308 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #58 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #89 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #84 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #16 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #48 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | @ MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ SF | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #58 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-3) | #215 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #85 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #14 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #308 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-1) | #195 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs BAL | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ ATH | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs SD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ CHC | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs MIL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ CIN | |||||
