Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 185	‐
VBR	# 523	# 912

Projections

Strikeouts	37	5
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.61	3.85
WHIP	1.43	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 123	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 252	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	54.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	54.6	5.3

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	4

Earned Runs	28	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	37	5

Walks	16	2

ERA	4.61	3.85

WHIP	1.43	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Stephen Kolek allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out zero over two innings in Thursday's loss to the Rays. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	The Royals activated RHP Stephen Kolek from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters he anticipates Stephen Kolek starting Thursday’s series finale against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Braves placed RHP AJ Smith-Shawver on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs MIA
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 (6-4)	#168
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)	#58
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 (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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