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Jared Shuster for Nick Mears (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Nick Mears RP - KC  | Jared Shuster RP - STL  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | ‐ | ‐ |
| VBR | # 616 | # 955 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 37 | 8 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.30 | 4.67 |
| WHIP | 1.37 | 1.51 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL15 | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 380 | ‐ |
| Nick Mears RP - KC | Jared Shuster RP - STL | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 21 | 4 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 19.1 | 7.2 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Losses | 3 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 5 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 18 | 6 |
| Earned Runs | 11 | 2 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 0 |
| Strikeouts | 15 | 2 |
| Walks | 11 | 3 |
| ERA | 5.12 | 2.35 |
| WHIP | 1.50 | 1.17 |
| Nick Mears RP - KC | Jared Shuster RP - STL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 42 | 15 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 39.6 | 11.4 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 10 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 37 | 12 |
| Earned Runs | 19 | 6 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 5 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 37 | 8 |
| Walks | 16 | 4 |
| ERA | 4.30 | 4.67 |
| WHIP | 1.37 | 1.51 |
| Nick Mears RP - KC | Jared Shuster RP - STL | |
| News | ||
| The Royals placed Nick Mears on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th | Jared Shuster was assigned to Triple-A Memphis on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th | |
| Nick Mears and the Kansas City Royals agreed on a one-year deal that will pay the righthander $1.9 million for the 2026 season. David Leisering Mon, Jan 12th | The Cardinals designated Jared Shuster for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th | |
| The Cardinals sent LHP Jared Shuster outright to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th | ||
| The Cardinals designated LHP Jared Shuster for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th | ||
| The Cardinals selected the contract of LHP Jared Shuster from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Nick Mears RP - KC | Jared Shuster RP - STL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #106 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #164 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #223 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #135 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #61 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #172 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #90 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #55 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #148 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #187 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #209 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #67 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #325 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #113 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #154 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #406 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #45 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #93 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #151 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #221 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #117 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #93 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #141 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #134 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | @ SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #138 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #214 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #117 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #220 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #131 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #182 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #193 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #143 | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #168 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #112 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #419 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #31 | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #134 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #53 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #224 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #325 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #223 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #81 | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CHC | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CHC | |||||
| 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 (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #182 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 | |||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | |||||
