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Brandon Sproat for Cole Ragans (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Cole Ragans SP - KC  | Brandon Sproat SP - MIL  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 31 | # 225 |
| VBR | # 175 | # 480 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 105 | 65 |
| Wins | 5 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.75 | 4.45 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.44 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL15 | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 94 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 66 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 25 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 12 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 12 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 46 | # 247 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 30 | # 167 |
| Cole Ragans SP - KC | Brandon Sproat SP - MIL | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 8 | 11 |
| Games Started | 8 | 9 |
| Innings Pitched | 35.1 | 49.0 |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| Losses | 4 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 27 | 48 |
| Earned Runs | 19 | 34 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 10 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 45 | 52 |
| Walks | 23 | 27 |
| ERA | 4.84 | 6.24 |
| WHIP | 1.42 | 1.53 |
| Cole Ragans SP - KC | Brandon Sproat SP - MIL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 15 | 21 |
| Games Started | 15 | 12 |
| Innings Pitched | 85.7 | 71.3 |
| Wins | 5 | 4 |
| Losses | 5 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 71 | 68 |
| Earned Runs | 36 | 35 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 10 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 105 | 65 |
| Walks | 34 | 30 |
| ERA | 3.75 | 4.45 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.44 |
| Cole Ragans SP - KC | Brandon Sproat SP - MIL | |
| News | ||
| Cole Ragans resumed playing catch on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd | Brandon Sproat allowed five earned runs on six hits while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, May 31st | |
| Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Cole Ragans will be shut down for 2-3 days before being re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th | Brandon Sproat allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out seven over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th | |
| Cole Ragans threw 68 pitches over 4 1/3 innings in a rehab start at Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | Brandon Sproat allowed three earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Tue, May 19th | |
| The Royals announced that Cole Ragans is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | Brandon Sproat allowed three earned runs on six hits while walking two and striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Padres. Chris Schommer Wed, May 13th | |
| Royals manager Matt Quatraro said that Cole Ragans played catch and threw at a higher volume and higher intensity on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th | Brandon Sproat allowed one hit while also walking three and striking out five over four scoreless innings in Wednesday's win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Wed, May 6th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Cole Ragans SP - KC | Brandon Sproat SP - MIL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #206 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #107 | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #131 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #178 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #363 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #80 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #23 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #14 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #56 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #99 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #64 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #79 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #44 | @ BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #133 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #26 | @ BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #12 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #105 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #78 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #375 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #90 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #54 | vs WSH | Zack Littell (5-4) | #171 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #28 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #200 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #220 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #138 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (4-4) | #75 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #63 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #115 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #200 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #124 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #66 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #148 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #423 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #88 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #40 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #212 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #96 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #147 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #108 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #65 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #89 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #90 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #47 | @ WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #306 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #44 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #158 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #105 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #162 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #200 | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #375 | vs SD | Bradgley Rodriguez | |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #227 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #178 | vs SD | Griffin Canning (0-4) | #144 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #14 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #158 | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #123 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #162 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #93 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #31 | @ CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #92 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #71 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #117 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #118 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #10 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #113 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-5) | #84 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #22 | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #51 | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #179 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #106 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #199 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #72 | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #151 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Lyon Richardson | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-6) | #61 | |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #97 | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #153 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #353 | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #93 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #186 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-3) | #76 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #422 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #14 | @ COL | Tanner Gordon (0-1) | #362 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #123 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #385 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #108 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #125 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #51 | @ ATH | Kade Morris | #344 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ATL | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs CIN | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ ARI | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs PIT | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | @ SD | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ LAD | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ CHC | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | @ CHC | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | vs CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #59 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #178 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #45 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #26 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #102 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #106 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | |||||
