Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Cole Ragans SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 74	‐
VBR	# 501	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.12	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 108	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 62	# 110

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	# 78

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 190	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 444

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Cole Ragans SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	8

Games Started	17	8

Innings Pitched	91.2	35.1

Wins	7	1

Losses	5	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	27

Earned Runs	35	19

Home Runs Allowed	15	10

Strikeouts	93	45

Walks	34	23

ERA	3.44	4.84

WHIP	1.25	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Cole Ragans SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	24.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	23	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.12	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Cole Ragans SP - KC
News
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans underwent a UCL repair in his left-elbow and is expected to be sidelined around 10-12 months. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Connelly Early is expected to make a rehab start on August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Red Sox have traded Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Connelly Early progressed to throwing a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Red Sox left-hander Connelly Early (elbow) has ramped up his throwing distance to 120 feet. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	The Royals remain without an update on the status of Cole Ragans. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Cole Ragans SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Connelly Early (2026)

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