Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for Cole Ragans (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 730

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	9
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.51
WHIP	‐	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 78	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
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	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	11.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	12

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	9

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.51

WHIP	‐	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
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	Peterson (triceps) sustained a right triceps strain in late February. The injury will prevent him from being available for the start of the season. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Royals remain without an update on the status of Cole Ragans. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Ragans SP - KC			Austin Peterson SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for Cole Ragans (2026)

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