Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for DL Hall (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	DL Hall SP,RP - MIL	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 295	‐
VBR	# 647	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.00	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 297	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 284	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	DL Hall SP,RP - MIL	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	2.03	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	DL Hall SP,RP - MIL	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.00	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	DL Hall SP,RP - MIL	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	DL Hall is scheduled for two ups with Triple-A Nashville on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	DL Hall will begin a rehab assignment on Sunday at Class-A Wisconsin. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	DL Hall threw a successful live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	DL Hall is currently throwing bullpens and is scheduled to throw his first live batting practice session on July 16. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	DL Hall is getting re-evaluated on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	DL Hall SP,RP - MIL			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for DL Hall (2026)

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