Who Should I Trade?

Ixan Henderson for Mitch Spence (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 887	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.89	5.38
WHIP	1.47	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 465	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Ixan Henderson SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	9.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	21.21	‐

WHIP	3.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Ixan Henderson SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	6

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	12.4	2.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	14	3

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	9	2

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.89	5.38

WHIP	1.47	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Ixan Henderson SP - STL
News
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Cardinals reassigned LHP Ixan Henderson to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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			Ixan Henderson SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Ixan Henderson for Mitch Spence (2026)

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