Who Should I Trade?

Chase Petty for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 183	‐
VBR	# 539	# 1083

Projections

Strikeouts	38	20
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	5.18
WHIP	1.44	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	FME	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 251	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Chase Petty SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	10	2

Innings Pitched	54.0	24.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	21

Earned Runs	27	13

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	34	11

Walks	12	7

ERA	4.50	4.74

WHIP	1.24	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Chase Petty SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	22

Games Started	10	2

Innings Pitched	55.8	26.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	27

Earned Runs	28	15

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	38	20

Walks	17	11

ERA	4.57	5.18

WHIP	1.44	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Chase Petty SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Reds recalled Chase Petty from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	The Reds have optioned right-hander Chase Petty to Triple-A Louisville. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Royals activated RHP Stephen Kolek from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Reds recalled Chase Petty from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters he anticipates Stephen Kolek starting Thursday’s series finale against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Reds right-hander Chase Petty allowed four earned runs across five innings in a no-decision in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Cardinals. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th
	Royals right-hander Stephen Kolek has been transferred to the Family Medical Emergency List. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	The Reds say Chase Petty will start one of the games in Saturday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			Chase Petty SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ STL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Petty for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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