Cole Ragans or Ryan Pepiot

Baseball Stats Comparison

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News & Notes
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Cole Ragans or Ryan Pepiot Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
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	‐

Cole Ragans or Ryan Pepiot Player Projections
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	30

Games Started	27	30

Innings Pitched	153.8	163.0

Wins	10	10

Losses	7	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	123	140

Earned Runs	57	70

Home Runs Allowed	16	24

Strikeouts	188	167

Walks	53	57

ERA	3.32	3.89

WHIP	1.15	1.21

Cole Ragans or Ryan Pepiot Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
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 Rays said Ryan Pepiot's right hip surgery Wednesday went well and he is expected to make a full recovery for spring training next year. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
	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	Ryan Pepiot (hip) will miss the remainder of the 2026 season to undergo right hip surgery. The surgery is scheduled for May 13. David Leisering Fri, May 1st
	The Royals announced that Cole Ragans is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Ryan Pepiot had a bad day on Monday as his right hip felt “unstable” while playing catch. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	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 Rays transferred RHP Ryan Pepiot to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	Cole Ragans played catch on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	Pepiot has not pitched in a game setting since March 17 and was placed on the IL prior to Opening Day with right hip inflammation. He may need more than one rehab start before Tampa Bay brings him back. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th
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	Ryan Pepiot logged a career-high 167 2/3 innings in 2025, but the underlying metrics point to mild regression risk after his ERA rose to 3.86 with a 4.36 FIP. The 2026 projections peg him for similar volume with a mid-3.00s ERA and roughly a strikeout per inning, reinforcing his profile as a stable SP3/4 in fantasy formats. Pepiot's swing-and-miss ability remains intact, and the move back to Tropicana Field should correct the issues with the long ball. However, draft him for ratio stability and workload rather than expecting another skills leap. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Cole Ragans or Ryan Pepiot Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Ragans SP - KC			Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#109	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#136	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#229	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#17
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#68
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#63	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#204
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#69	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs CHC	Javier Assad (3-1)	#278
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#98	vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#143
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#73	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#256
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#366	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#34
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#26	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#222
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#67	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#61	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#70	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#42	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#203
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#123	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#374
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#150	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#420	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#47	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#229
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#218	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#116	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#90	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#45	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#96
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#254
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#98	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#232
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#112	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (1-1)	#284
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#366	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#232
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#222	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#183
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#86	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#59
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#30	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#95
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#70
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#61	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#42
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	@ BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#24	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-0)	#313
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#52	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#420
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#107	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#47
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#79	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#417
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#100	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#339	vs DET	Troy Melton (1-0)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#81	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN			@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL			vs WSH
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB			vs KC
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB			vs KC
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB			@ KC
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD			@ BOS
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF			@ TOR
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF			@ TOR
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF			@ TOR
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET			@ TOR
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#50
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#84
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL