Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Ronel Blanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 626

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	21
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.36
WHIP	‐	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	IL60

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 78	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 444	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
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	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	3

Innings Pitched	‐	21.6

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	19

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	21

Walks	‐	9

ERA	‐	4.36

WHIP	‐	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Ragans SP - KC	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
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	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Ronel Blanco is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Tuesday in Double-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Ronel Blanco will make a rehab start Thursday at Double-A Corpus Christi. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Royals remain without an update on the status of Cole Ragans. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Astros sent RHP Ronel Blanco on a rehab assignment to Rookie League-FCL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
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			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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