Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Shane Drohan (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Drohan 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	# 205	‐
VBR	# 343	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	48	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.27	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 112	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	‐

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


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	76.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	69	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	76	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	3.20	‐

WHIP	1.18	‐

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


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	50.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	Shane Drohan allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Saturday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Shane Drohan will start on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Shane Drohan allowed three earned runs on five hits while striking out six through 6 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer 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
	Shane Drohan allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday’s 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	Shane Drohan allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ COL
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)	#153
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Shane Drohan (2026)

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