Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Cole Ragans SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	‐
VBR	# 164	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	58	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.11	‐
WHIP	1.19	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	# 110

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	# 78

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 444

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Cole Ragans SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	8

Games Started	21	8

Innings Pitched	121.0	35.1

Wins	7	1

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	27

Earned Runs	51	19

Home Runs Allowed	22	10

Strikeouts	113	45

Walks	29	23

ERA	3.79	4.84

WHIP	1.10	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Cole Ragans SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	61.7	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	57	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.11	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Cole Ragans SP - KC
News
	Shota Imanaga allowed no runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four across six innings in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Shota Imanaga allowed six hits and one walk while striking out four over seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 10-1 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Shota Imanaga allowed one run on seven hits and a walk while striking out five across five innings in Friday's 4-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight across 4.2 innings in Saturday's 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on nine hits and no walks while striking out four across 6.1 innings in Monday's 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Cole Ragans SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
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)	#268
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
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 Shota Imanaga (2026)

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