Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 744	# 720

Projections

Strikeouts	11	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.72
WHIP	1.38	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 388	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.1	9.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	21

Earned Runs	11	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	15	11

Walks	11	3

ERA	5.12	11.57

WHIP	1.50	2.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	11.8	14.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	16

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	11	12

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.44	4.72

WHIP	1.38	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
News
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th	Colton Gordon is scheduled to make the start for Triple-A Nashville on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	The Brewers are reportedly viewing Colton Gordon as a starter. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Nick Mears began playing catch again on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd	The Astros are trading Colton Gordon to the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Nick Mears experienced soreness following Tuesday's bullpen session and is undergoing further evaluation. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th	Colton Gordon was optioned to Triple-A ahead of Thursday's game agains the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	Royals right-hander Nick Mears (shoulder) is continuing his throwing progression and could be throwing bullpens by the end of the week. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th	Colton Gordon was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Nick Mears (2026)

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