Who Should I Trade?

Josh Rojas for Kevin Newman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1213	‐

Projections

Runs	3	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	3	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.212	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 318	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	83	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	18	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Batting Average	.217	‐

On Base Pct	.253	‐

Slugging Pct	.301	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.554	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	24	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	5	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Batting Average	.212	‐

On Base Pct	.282	‐

Slugging Pct	.299	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.581	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC	Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
News
	The Royals optioned INF Josh Rojas to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Josh Rojas went 1-for-1 in a loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 25th
	The Royals recalled Josh Rojas from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Royals optioned Josh Rojas to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Royals selected the contract of Josh Rojas. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC			Kevin Newman 1B,2B,3B,SS - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Rojas for Kevin Newman (2026)

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