Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	# 383
VBR	# 103	# 1324

Projections

Runs	25	2
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	26	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.252	.186

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	# 374

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	349	51

Runs	46	4

Hits	87	8

Singles	52	4

Doubles	17	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	16	3

RBI	37	8

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	1

Strikeouts	108	21

Batting Average	.249	.157

On Base Pct	.310	.189

Slugging Pct	.447	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	181	15

Runs	25	2

Hits	45	3

Singles	27	2

Doubles	9	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	26	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	49	6

Batting Average	.252	.186

On Base Pct	.317	.247

Slugging Pct	.453	.299

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.547

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Jac Caglianone is back in the Royals lineup on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Jac Caglianone remains out of the Royals lineup for Friday's series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Royals acting manager Paul Hoover said Jac Caglianone could be available off the bench on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	Jac Caglianone is not in the Royals lineup on Thursday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Zach Cole went 1-for-1 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a pinch-hit three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th
	Royals outfielder Jac Caglianone departed Tuesday's game against the Giants due to right shoulder soreness. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Zach Cole (2026)

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