Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for JR Ritchie (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 259
VBR	‐	# 782

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	15
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.65
WHIP	‐	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 444

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	# 138

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	13

Games Started	8	7

Innings Pitched	35.1	54.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	27	44

Earned Runs	19	28

Home Runs Allowed	10	9

Strikeouts	45	49

Walks	23	33

ERA	4.84	4.67

WHIP	1.42	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	17.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	17

Earned Runs	‐	9

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	15

Walks	‐	8

ERA	‐	4.65

WHIP	‐	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
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	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	JR Ritchie was charged with one run on only one hit and two walks while striking out two over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's 4-3 win against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	The Royals remain without an update on the status of Cole Ragans. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Braves recalled JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Ragans SP - KC			JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for JR Ritchie (2026)

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