Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Brandon Walter (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th	The Astros have placed left-hander Brandon Walter on the 60-day injured list as he continues to recover from September 2025 Tommy John surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#342
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Brandon Walter (2026)

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