Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Chayce McDermott (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 831

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	9
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.59
WHIP	‐	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	0

ERA	‐	7.71

WHIP	‐	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	9.0

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	9

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.59

WHIP	‐	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
News
	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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 Dodgers placed Chayce McDermott on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
		The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC			Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Chayce McDermott (2026)

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