Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Brandon Young SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 183	# 222
VBR	# 539	# 421

Projections

Strikeouts	38	40
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	4.63
WHIP	1.44	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	FME	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 251	# 302

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 68

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Brandon Young SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	15

Games Started	10	15

Innings Pitched	54.0	84.1

Wins	4	7

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	84

Earned Runs	27	35

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	34	67

Walks	12	31

ERA	4.50	3.74

WHIP	1.24	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Brandon Young SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	14

Games Started	10	8

Innings Pitched	55.8	48.8

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	49

Earned Runs	28	25

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	38	40

Walks	17	16

ERA	4.57	4.63

WHIP	1.44	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Brandon Young SP - BAL
News
	The Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
	Stephen Kolek allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out zero over two innings in Thursday's loss to the Rays. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	Brandon Young allowed four earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	The Royals activated RHP Stephen Kolek from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Brandon Young allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Nationals. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters he anticipates Stephen Kolek starting Thursday’s series finale against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's 12-1 win over the Dodgers. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 22nd
	Royals right-hander Stephen Kolek has been transferred to the Family Medical Emergency List. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out two over six innings in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Mariners. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			Brandon Young SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ DET
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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