Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 194	‐
VBR	# 997	# 471

Projections

Strikeouts	2	26
Wins	0	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.98	4.39
WHIP	1.48	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	54.0	17.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	55	16

Earned Runs	27	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	34	13

Walks	12	4

ERA	4.50	3.18

WHIP	1.24	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	11

Games Started	1	4

Innings Pitched	3.5	29.8

Wins	0	2

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	4	29

Earned Runs	2	15

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	2	26

Walks	1	12

ERA	4.98	4.39

WHIP	1.48	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Stephen Kolek will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Blade Tidwell allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	Stephen Kolek will go for a second opinion on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Giants recalled Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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