Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Ronny Simon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Ronny Simon 2B,LF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	‐
VBR	# 111	‐

Projections

Runs	26	‐
Home Runs	9	‐
RBI	28	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.250	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Ronny Simon 2B,LF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	338	‐

Runs	46	‐

Hits	87	‐

Singles	52	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	37	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	25	‐

Strikeouts	105	‐

Batting Average	.257	‐

On Base Pct	.315	‐

Slugging Pct	.462	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Ronny Simon 2B,LF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	189	‐

Runs	26	‐

Hits	47	‐

Singles	28	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	28	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Batting Average	.250	‐

On Base Pct	.317	‐

Slugging Pct	.449	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Ronny Simon 2B,LF - PIT
News
	Jac Caglianone is back in the Royals lineup on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Ronny Simon has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Pittsburgh Pirates. David Leisering Thu, Mar 12th
	Jac Caglianone remains out of the Royals lineup for Friday's series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Pirates second baseman Ronny Simon is participating in all baseball activities and is ready for Grapefruit League action and a ramp-up toward the regular season. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	Royals acting manager Paul Hoover said Jac Caglianone could be available off the bench on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Ronny Simon (shoulder), who underwent shoulder surgery four months ago, has been swinging in the cage and is expected to return to game action in late March/early April. David Leisering Mon, Feb 23rd
	Jac Caglianone is not in the Royals lineup on Thursday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Royals outfielder Jac Caglianone departed Tuesday's game against the Giants due to right shoulder soreness. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			Ronny Simon 2B,LF - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Ronny Simon (2026)

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