Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Justin Steele SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 194
VBR	‐	# 793

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	7
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.32
WHIP	‐	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 78	# 178

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 176

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 190

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Justin Steele SP - CHC
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	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	7.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	3

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	3.32

WHIP	‐	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Justin Steele SP - CHC
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 Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Royals remain without an update on the status of Cole Ragans. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th
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			Justin Steele SP - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Justin Steele (2026)

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