Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Bailey Falter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bailey Falter SP - KC	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 862

Projections

Strikeouts	11	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	4.00
WHIP	1.36	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 434	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bailey Falter SP - KC	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	9.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	13.97	‐

WHIP	3.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bailey Falter SP - KC	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	14.8	6.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	15	6

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	6

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.58	4.00

WHIP	1.36	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bailey Falter SP - KC	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
News
	The Royals sent Bailey Falter to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Blue Jays designated RHP Angel Bastardo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Royals designated Bailey Falter for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Bastardo was a Rule 5 pick ahead of the 2025 season but spent the entire year on the injured list recovering from Tommy John surgery. He posted a 5:7 K:BB across 7.2 Grapefruit League innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Bailey Falter allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two, serving as the opener in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Wed, May 20th
	Bailey Falter (elbow) has been activated from the IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 16th
	Royals left-hander Bailey Falter (elbow) threw two scoreless innings in his latest rehab start with Triple-A Omaha on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bailey Falter SP - KC			Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Bailey Falter (2026)

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