Who Should I Trade?

Grant Holmes for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Grant Holmes SP - ATL	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	# 185
VBR	# 467	# 653

Projections

Strikeouts	53	24
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	4.63
WHIP	1.44	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 173	# 123

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 193	# 115

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 95	# 445

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 200	# 252

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Holmes SP - ATL	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	10

Games Started	18	10

Innings Pitched	92.1	54.0

Wins	6	4

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	83	55

Earned Runs	38	27

Home Runs Allowed	15	8

Strikeouts	78	34

Walks	41	12

ERA	3.70	4.50

WHIP	1.34	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Holmes SP - ATL	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	8

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	56.7	35.6

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	39

Earned Runs	29	18

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	53	24

Walks	24	11

ERA	4.65	4.63

WHIP	1.44	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Holmes SP - ATL	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
News
	Grant Holmes allowed three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out two over five innings in Sunday's 8-5 win against the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 19th	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Braves right-hander Grant Holmes will start Sunday's game against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Grant Holmes allowed just three hits and one walk while striking out five over five scoreless innings in Wednesday's 3-0 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Grant Holmes allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out two over five innings in Friday's 5-3 win over the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	The Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Grant Holmes is a candidate to start Thursday’s series finale against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Stephen Kolek allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out zero over two innings in Thursday's loss to the Rays. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Holmes SP - ATL			Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
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)	#104
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Holmes for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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