Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 692	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.29	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 387	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.1	2.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	1

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	15	3

Walks	11	1

ERA	5.12	3.86

WHIP	1.50	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	14.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.29	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Nick Mears began playing catch again on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Nick Mears experienced soreness following Tuesday's bullpen session and is undergoing further evaluation. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	Royals right-hander Nick Mears (shoulder) is continuing his throwing progression and could be throwing bullpens by the end of the week. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
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)	#45
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
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 (6-8)	#27
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)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Nick Mears (2026)

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