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Alek Manoah for Ben Kudrna (2026)
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| Alek Manoah SP - FA  | Ben Kudrna SP - KC  | |
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| Alek Manoah SP - FA | Ben Kudrna SP - KC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 3 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 7.1 | ‐ |
| Wins | 0 | ‐ |
| Losses | 0 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
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| Hits Allowed | 8 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 8 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 5 | ‐ |
| Walks | 8 | ‐ |
| ERA | 9.82 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 2.18 | ‐ |
| Alek Manoah SP - FA | Ben Kudrna SP - KC | |
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| Alek Manoah SP - FA | Ben Kudrna SP - KC | |
| News | ||
| The Los Angeles Angels released Alek Manoah on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 29th | Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th | |
| The Angels sent Alek Manoah outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th | Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st | |
| The Angels optioned Alek Manoah to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | Kansas City optioned Kudrna to Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. He made his first appearance at that level last season, surrendering 18 earned runs across 11.1 innings. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th | |
| Alek Manoah pitched five scoreless innings in a bulk relief role on Monday during the Angels' 7-2 loss to the Guardians. David Leisering Mon, May 11th | The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th | |
| Alek Manoah will make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th | ||
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| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Alek Manoah SP - FA | Ben Kudrna SP - KC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (12-6) | #8 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (4-3) | #82 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (6-4) | #144 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7) | ||||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (6-7) | #19 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (9-4) | #51 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (5-1) | #36 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-2) | #43 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (4-11) | #53 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (10-6) | #24 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-6) | #88 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (7-5) | #182 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (9-5) | #81 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (6-6) | #372 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (4-2) | #46 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (6-7) | #32 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (3-8) | #94 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (7-6) | #145 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (10-6) | #14 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (8-5) | #69 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (4-7) | #71 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-9) | #45 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (4-10) | #70 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #134 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #122 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (6-7) | #294 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (3-7) | #33 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-7) | #202 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #231 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-11) | #246 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (7-8) | #13 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (6-5) | #105 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (3-9) | #61 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (4-11) | #53 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (10-6) | #24 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-6) | #88 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (4-7) | #135 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (7-6) | #145 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | ||||
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | ||||
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (6-6) | #372 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (3-8) | #209 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (7-5) | #182 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (5-7) | #55 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #125 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #109 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (13-2) | #28 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (4-3) | #22 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #163 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (8-6) | #10 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (8-9) | #21 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (7-8) | #13 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (8-5) | #69 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (10-6) | #14 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (4-5) | #25 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (6-9) | #35 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (4-8) | #79 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-7) | #123 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Lyon Richardson | ||||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-7) | #106 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chase Burns (12-1) | #29 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Andrew Morris (4-3) | #157 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-8) | #131 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (6-7) | #19 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (3-5) | #99 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (10-9) | #15 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (6-9) | #35 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (4-8) | #79 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (6-4) | #139 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (4-9) | #210 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-5) | #282 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (2-3) | #197 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (12-3) | #56 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (7-8) | #211 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-8) | #118 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #95 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | Dustin May (5-7) | #55 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (10-5) | #20 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (9-6) | #49 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (6-8) | #58 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | Casey Legumina (2-2) | #275 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | David Sandlin (2-1) | #308 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (9-5) | #81 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (7-5) | #182 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (6-8) | #58 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (9-6) | #49 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | Ian Seymour (7-3) | #85 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #11 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-9) | #59 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (14-4) | #3 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | Cionel Perez | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (3-3) | #50 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | Sean Manaea (2-5) | #107 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (8-2) | #140 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-9) | #45 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (4-10) | #70 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | Michael King (6-7) | #57 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | Griffin Canning (2-9) | #155 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | German Marquez (4-2) | #334 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (3-7) | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (3-9) | #78 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp (7-9) | #63 | |||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | Troy Melton (6-1) | #86 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (7-5) | #2 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | Casey Mize (4-6) | #38 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (6-7) | #32 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (9-4) | #51 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (6-7) | #19 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (7-3) | #90 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4) | #437 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (4-5) | #435 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (2-10) | #394 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (6-7) | #19 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (7-3) | #90 | |||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-8) | #131 | |||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (8-7) | #176 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd (6-1) | #37 | |||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (6-1) | #161 | |||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | |||||
