Cole Ragans or Sandy Alcantara

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Cole Ragans or Sandy Alcantara Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	24

Games Started	8	24

Innings Pitched	35.1	156.2

Wins	1	12

Losses	4	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	148

Earned Runs	19	65

Home Runs Allowed	10	17

Strikeouts	45	120

Walks	23	41

ERA	4.84	3.73

WHIP	1.42	1.21

Cole Ragans or Sandy Alcantara Player Projections
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	30

Games Started	27	29

Innings Pitched	153.8	176.6

Wins	10	10

Losses	7	11

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	123	168

Earned Runs	57	79

Home Runs Allowed	16	21

Strikeouts	188	147

Walks	53	52

ERA	3.32	4.02

WHIP	1.15	1.25

Cole Ragans or Sandy Alcantara Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans underwent a UCL repair in his left-elbow and is expected to be sidelined around 10-12 months. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings to earn the win in Sunday's 2-0 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Sandy Alcantara allowed one run on three hits and four walks while striking out seven across six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th
	The Royals remain without an update on the status of Cole Ragans. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
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	Sandy Alcantara's 2025 season was a clear step back, as his ERA ballooned to 5.36 with a diminished 19.1% strikeout rate and a career-worst 45.1% hard-hit rate allowed. Projections expect some normalization, particularly in ERA and WHIP, but not a full return to his 2022 dominance. Without a rebound in strikeout rate or ground-ball lean, Alcantara profiles more as a volume-based SP3/SP4. The innings floor still carries value in deeper formats, but managers drafting him as a bounce-back ace are assuming skills growth that hasn't yet reappeared in the underlying data. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros
		He showed glimpses of his former Cy Young self, posting a 3.33 over his final 13 starts in 2025. I am chalking up the rocky first half to TJ injury recovery and banking on him being the pitcher we saw in the latter stages of last season. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Cole Ragans or Sandy Alcantara Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Ragans SP - KC			Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI