Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	# 190
VBR	# 456	# 937

Projections

Strikeouts	16	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.10	4.44
WHIP	1.41	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	# 132

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	# 260

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 445

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	# 115

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


Games Played	45	10

Games Started	0	10

Innings Pitched	44.1	54.0

Wins	3	4

Losses	6	3

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	39	55

Earned Runs	21	27

Home Runs Allowed	5	8

Strikeouts	53	34

Walks	20	12

ERA	4.26	4.50

WHIP	1.33	1.24

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


Games Played	21	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	17.7	8.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	17	9

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	6

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.10	4.44

WHIP	1.41	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
News
	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Stephen Kolek will go for a second opinion on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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