Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Mitch Spence (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Chase Lee RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 887	# 774

Projections

Strikeouts	9	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.89	4.34
WHIP	1.47	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 465	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	9.1	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	2

Earned Runs	22	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	6	1

Walks	9	4

ERA	21.21	8.10

WHIP	3.00	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	12.4	9.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	14	10

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	9	9

Walks	4	4

ERA	4.89	4.34

WHIP	1.47	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Chase Lee RP - TOR
News
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Blue Jays optioned RHP Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC			Chase Lee RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Mitch Spence (2026)

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