Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 158	# 183
VBR	# 379	# 539

Projections

Strikeouts	34	38
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	4.57
WHIP	1.39	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FME

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	# 112

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 153	# 115

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 116	# 445

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 247	# 251

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	10

Innings Pitched	52.2	54.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	40	55

Earned Runs	14	27

Home Runs Allowed	3	8

Strikeouts	45	34

Walks	18	12

ERA	2.39	4.50

WHIP	1.10	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	7	10

Innings Pitched	39.8	55.8

Wins	3	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	60

Earned Runs	17	28

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	34	38

Walks	15	17

ERA	3.84	4.57

WHIP	1.39	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
News
	Clay Holmes is expected to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Clay Holmes is expected to make a rehab start with High-A Brooklyn on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Clay Holmes threw a 40-pitch simulated session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Royals activated RHP Stephen Kolek from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Clay Holmes will throw a bullpen session later this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters he anticipates Stephen Kolek starting Thursday’s series finale against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Clay Holmes has been throwing on flat ground and hopes to throw off the mound sometime this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Royals right-hander Stephen Kolek has been transferred to the Family Medical Emergency List. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM			Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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