Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for McCade Brown (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	McCade Brown SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1105

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	6
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.11
WHIP	‐	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	6.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	5.11

WHIP	‐	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th	McCade Brown is continuing his throwing progression in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 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	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
		McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Kudrna SP - KC			McCade Brown SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ SD
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Mar 31st				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 20th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for McCade Brown (2026)

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