Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Joel Hurtado (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	2
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.19
WHIP	‐	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 78	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	35.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	4.84	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	14

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	2.6

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	5.19

WHIP	‐	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
News
	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
	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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
	Cole Ragans SP - KC			Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Joel Hurtado (2026)

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