Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Cole Ragans (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 860

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	6
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.13
WHIP	‐	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	IL60

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 78	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	6.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	5

Earned Runs	‐	3

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.13

WHIP	‐	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver 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	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	The Royals remain without an update on the status of Cole Ragans. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Ragans SP - KC			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs ARI
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 (7-4)	#195
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
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ WSH
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
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
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
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Cole Ragans (2026)

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