Who Should I Trade?

John Rave for Nathan Church (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 296	‐
VBR	# 726	# 1108

Projections

Runs	12	10
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	11	8
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.244	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 307	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 234	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	284	32

Runs	37	6

Hits	66	10

Singles	47	3

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	35	2

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	17	3

Strikeouts	62	8

Batting Average	.232	.313

On Base Pct	.280	.371

Slugging Pct	.366	.688

On-base Plus Slugging	.646	1.059

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	95	73

Runs	12	10

Hits	23	17

Singles	17	11

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	11	8

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	6	8

Strikeouts	19	21

Batting Average	.244	.228

On Base Pct	.293	.300

Slugging Pct	.361	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.654	.675

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
News
	Nathan Church went 2-for-5 in Friday's 17-1 win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	John Rave went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd
	Nathan Church went 1-for-5 in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	John Rave went 2-for-3 in a 4-3 loss to the Twins with two doubles, one run scored and one stolen base. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	The Royals recalled OF John Rave from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	The Royals optioned John Rave to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Nathan Church went 3-for-4 in win over the Mets with a double and a run scored. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th	John Rave went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Nationals with a home run, a triple, two runs scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL			John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

John Rave for Nathan Church (2026)

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