Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 84	‐
VBR	# 270	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	49	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.19	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	16	‐

Innings Pitched	94.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	95	‐

Earned Runs	51	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	84	‐

Walks	30	‐

ERA	4.85	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	52.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	49	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.19	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Luis Castillo (2026)

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