Who Should I Trade?

Jake Irvin for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	# 270
VBR	# 997	# 492

Projections

Strikeouts	6	33
Wins	0	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.80
WHIP	1.41	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	# 346

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 182

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	10	12

Innings Pitched	54.0	56.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	50

Earned Runs	27	34

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	34	59

Walks	12	24

ERA	4.50	5.40

WHIP	1.24	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	10

Games Started	1	7

Innings Pitched	8.3	40.3

Wins	0	2

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	41

Earned Runs	4	22

Home Runs Allowed	1	7

Strikeouts	6	33

Walks	3	14

ERA	4.55	4.80

WHIP	1.41	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Stephen Kolek will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Jake Irvin allowed five earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out one over five innings in Thursday's loss to Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jul 31st
	Stephen Kolek will go for a second opinion on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Nationals activated RHP Jake Irvin from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Nationals manager Blake Butera confirmed that Jake Irvin will be activated from the injured list to start Thursday’s game against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Jake Irvin is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Jake Irvin is making a rehab start on Friday for Double-A Harrisburg. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
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			Jake Irvin SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Irvin for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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