Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Javier Assad (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 679	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.51	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 110	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	62.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	56	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.04	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	26.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.51	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	Javier Assad allowed two runs on sevent hits and no walks while striking out four across five innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Javier Assad allowed no runs on two hits and two walks while striking out two across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Javier Assad will start one of the two games for the Cubs in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Javier Assad improved to 5-1 on the season, allowing two runs on five hits over 5.2 innings, in an 8-6 Cubs' win over the Rockies on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	Javier Assad allowed three hits and one walk while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Javier Assad (2026)

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