Cole Ragans or Spencer Strider

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Cole Ragans or Spencer Strider Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Spencer Strider SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	8	8

Innings Pitched	35.1	39.0

Wins	1	4

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	33

Earned Runs	19	23

Home Runs Allowed	10	9

Strikeouts	45	46

Walks	23	20

ERA	4.84	5.31

WHIP	1.42	1.36

Cole Ragans or Spencer Strider Player Projections
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Spencer Strider SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	27

Games Started	27	26

Innings Pitched	153.8	150.4

Wins	10	10

Losses	7	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	123	132

Earned Runs	57	65

Home Runs Allowed	16	20

Strikeouts	188	175

Walks	53	52

ERA	3.32	3.90

WHIP	1.15	1.22

Cole Ragans or Spencer Strider Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Spencer Strider SP - ATL
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	Spencer Strider is reportedly unlikely to pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Spencer Strider remains uncertain to pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Braves transferred Spencer Strider to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Spencer Strider will be shut down from throwing for four weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Royals remain without an update on the status of Cole Ragans. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Spencer Strider underwent an MRI that didn’t show any ligament damage. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
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	Spencer Strider's 2025 was a clear step back from his 2022-23 dominance, with sharp declines in strikeout rate (24.3% from elite 36%+ levels), rising hard-hit rate (42.6%), and a career-worst 4.45 ERA that mirrored weaker underlying command. While velocity and bat-missing ability weren't lost entirely, his reduced K/BB profile and elevated damage on contact capped his fantasy ceiling. The 2026 projections still view Strider as a high-strikeout arm, but no longer in a tier of his own, reflecting durability concerns and a thinner margin for error. A partial rebound in strikeouts could still make him a strong SP2 rather than the automatic ace he once was. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Cole Ragans or Spencer Strider Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Ragans SP - KC			Spencer Strider SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC