Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Falter for Jhancarlos Lara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bailey Falter SP - KC	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.77	4.29
WHIP	1.31	1.75

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 434	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bailey Falter SP - KC	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
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	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	16

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	14.2	3.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	14	3

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	10	4

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.77	4.29

WHIP	1.31	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bailey Falter SP - KC	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Royals sent Bailey Falter to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Washington Nationals have outrighted right-hander Jhancarlos Lara to Double-A Harrisburg. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	The Royals designated Bailey Falter for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Nationals designated Jhancarlos Lara for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 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	Jhancarlos Lara was designated for assignment by the Braves on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 10th
	Bailey Falter (elbow) has been activated from the IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 16th	Lara was called up to the majors last season but did not appear in a game. He transitioned to a relief role in the minors during 2025 and struck out 104 batters across 68.2 innings between Double-A Columbus and Triple-A Gwinnett, but he also walked 65 and posted a 7.73 ERA. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
	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			Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Falter for Jhancarlos Lara (2026)

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