Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Trevor Rogers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor Rogers SP - BAL	Cole Ragans SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	‐
VBR	# 294	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	56	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.25	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 88	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	# 110

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	# 152

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 107	# 444

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 94	# 78

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor Rogers SP - BAL	Cole Ragans SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	8

Games Started	17	8

Innings Pitched	90.1	35.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	7	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	27

Earned Runs	45	19

Home Runs Allowed	10	10

Strikeouts	69	45

Walks	31	23

ERA	4.48	4.84

WHIP	1.31	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor Rogers SP - BAL	Cole Ragans SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	66.7	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	65	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	56	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	4.25	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor Rogers SP - BAL	Cole Ragans SP - KC
News
	Trevor Rogers allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Thursday's win over the Cubs. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Trevor Rogers earned the win after allowing zero earned runs on two hits and five walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 3-0 win over Cincinnati. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Trevor Rogers allowed one earned run on five hits and no walks while striking out seven over 6.1 innings in Friday's win over the Nationals. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters Cole Ragans is likely to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Trevor Rogers allowed zero earned runs on one hit and two walks while striking out six over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Dodgers. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 21st	The Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Trevor Rogers allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Padres. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 15th	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
	Trevor Rogers SP - BAL			Cole Ragans SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (8-3)	#49	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-1)	#96
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#82	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#112	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (8-3)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (5-3)	#125	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#21	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#39
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#159	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#29
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#106	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (7-4)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#166
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (4-6)	#425
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#120	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#118	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#177
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-9)	#45	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (7-4)	#90	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#117	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (5-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#130	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#74	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#153	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#46	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#275
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#271	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#209	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#174
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#68	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#50	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-9)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#62	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#29
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-6)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (7-4)	#90
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#47	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#218	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#177
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#241	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#68	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (4-6)	#425
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-6)	#178
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#179	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#75	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#133
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#307	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#26
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (4-6)	#57	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#203	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#91	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (4-6)	#57	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#203	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#259	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-7)	#80
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-1)	#99	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#64	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#153	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#66	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#145	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#22	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-7)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#154	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#171	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-2)	#155
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (4-6)	#127
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#129	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#163	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-5)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (4-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-2)	#155	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#179	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (4-6)	#425	vs TB	Griffin Jax (4-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-6)	#178	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-1)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#81	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (10-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#205	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#211	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#138
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-6)	#76	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (5-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#117	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#79
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (7-5)	#156	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#171
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS			vs SF
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS			vs SF
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS			vs SF
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL			@ DET
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL			@ DET
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL			@ DET
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#213
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#50
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#323
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#95
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#151
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Ragans for Trevor Rogers (2026)

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