Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Blade Tidwell (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 692

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	10
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.24
WHIP	‐	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	12.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	10

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	10

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	3.00

WHIP	‐	1.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	11.4

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	11

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	10

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.24

WHIP	‐	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
News
	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	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
	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sat, Jun 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Blade Tidwell (2026)

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