Who Should I Trade?

Jack Wenninger for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Jack Wenninger SP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	‐
VBR	# 997	# 924

Projections

Strikeouts	6	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	3.79
WHIP	1.41	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Jack Wenninger SP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	54.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Jack Wenninger SP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	4

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	8.3	2.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	2

Walks	3	1

ERA	4.55	3.79

WHIP	1.41	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Jack Wenninger SP - NYM
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Stephen Kolek will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Stephen Kolek will go for a second opinion on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			Jack Wenninger SP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Wenninger for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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