Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Mitch Spence (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 851	# 1041

Projections

Strikeouts	10	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.80	4.64
WHIP	1.46	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 465	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	1

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	9.1	3.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	5

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	6	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	21.21	9.82

WHIP	3.00	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	13.5	8.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	9

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	10	6

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.80	4.64

WHIP	1.46	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
News
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC			Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Mitch Spence (2026)

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