Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Mitch Spence (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 850	# 1081

Projections

Strikeouts	12	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.90	5.25
WHIP	1.48	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 465	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	10

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	9.1	20.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	19	19

Earned Runs	22	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	6	15

Walks	9	16

ERA	21.21	4.43

WHIP	3.00	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	16.0	8.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	8

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	12	7

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.90	5.25

WHIP	1.48	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Mitch Spence (2026)

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