Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Joey Cantillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 103	‐
VBR	# 304	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	50	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.02	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 108	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 78	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	109.2	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	107	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	116	‐

Walks	53	‐

ERA	4.10	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	48.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	4.02	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	Joey Cantillo allowed five earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Friday's 11-3 loss to the Rays. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Joey Cantillo allowed four earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out seven over five innings in Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Pirates. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 20th	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Joey Cantillo will start on Saturday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out nine over five innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	Joey Cantillo allowed zero earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out seven over five innings in Tuesday's loss 3-1 to the Twins. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Joey Cantillo (2026)

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