Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Ryne Stanek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 212	# 352
VBR	# 515	# 569

Projections

Strikeouts	18	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	4.13
WHIP	1.45	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 212	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 306	# 319

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 111	# 401

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	61

Games Started	26	0

Innings Pitched	136.2	54.1

Wins	9	2

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	0	24

Hits Allowed	136	48

Earned Runs	66	26

Home Runs Allowed	19	9

Strikeouts	113	57

Walks	49	28

ERA	4.35	4.31

WHIP	1.35	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	10

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	23	7

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	8

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.43	4.13

WHIP	1.45	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
News
	Anthony Kay allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Tue, Sep 1st	Ryne Stanek struck out two batters over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 4-1 win over the Pirates. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 29th
	Anthony Kay allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th	Ryne Stanek left Tuesday's game early against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Braves. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	The Cardinals activated Ryne Stanek from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Anthony Kay allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryne Stanek on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Ryne Stanek allowed three earned runs on three hits while striking out one batter to take the loss against the Twins. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS			Ryne Stanek RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#393
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#427
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#299
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#133	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#145	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#145	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#331
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Ryne Stanek (2026)

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