Cole Ragans or Jose Franco
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| Cole Ragans SP - KC  | Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 8 | 9 |
| Games Started | 8 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 35.1 | 16.2 |
| Wins | 1 | 0 |
| Losses | 4 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 27 | 18 |
| Earned Runs | 19 | 10 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 10 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 45 | 13 |
| Walks | 23 | 14 |
| ERA | 4.84 | 5.40 |
| WHIP | 1.42 | 1.92 |
| Cole Ragans SP - KC | Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 27 | 14 |
| Games Started | 27 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 153.8 | 14.6 |
| Wins | 10 | 1 |
| Losses | 7 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 123 | 14 |
| Earned Runs | 57 | 8 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 16 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 188 | 14 |
| Walks | 53 | 6 |
| ERA | 3.32 | 4.77 |
| WHIP | 1.15 | 1.40 |
| Cole Ragans SP - KC | Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN | |
| 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 | The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | |
| 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 Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | |
| The Royals announced that Cole Ragans is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th | |
| 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 | The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th | |
| Cole Ragans played catch on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th | |
| 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 | Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | vs LAA | George Klassen (0-1) | #337 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | @ TB | Jesse Scholtens (5-3) | #283 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #192 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | vs KC | Luinder Avila | |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #172 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | @ SD | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | @ WSH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | vs CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ NYY | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BAL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CLE | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ CWS | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SF | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs SD | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs LAD | |||||
