Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Cole Ragans SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 47	‐
VBR	# 238	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	50	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.98	‐
WHIP	1.24	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 46	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	# 110

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	# 78

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 444

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Cole Ragans SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	8

Games Started	16	8

Innings Pitched	89.2	35.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	27

Earned Runs	35	19

Home Runs Allowed	9	10

Strikeouts	96	45

Walks	26	23

ERA	3.51	4.84

WHIP	1.12	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Cole Ragans SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	48.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Cole Ragans SP - KC
News
	Payton Tolle had his start pushed back to Monday against the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Payton Tolle allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Payton Tolle allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Payton Tolle took the loss Wednesday against the Nationals after allowing six runs on seven hits and three walks over three-plus innings. He struck out five in Boston’s 10-2 defeat. Four of the seven hits went for extra bases, including home runs by Andres Chaparro and Nasim Nunez, their first of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd	The Royals remain without an update on the status of Cole Ragans. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Cole Ragans SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th				vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Payton Tolle (2026)

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