Who Should I Trade?

Josh Rojas for Royce Lewis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 158	‐
VBR	# 115	# 1261

Projections

Runs	16	2
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	18	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.244	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 149	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	# 318

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	337	76

Runs	45	6

Hits	81	16

Singles	47	12

Doubles	20	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	45	9

Stolen Bases	11	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	34	3

Strikeouts	97	13

Batting Average	.240	.211

On Base Pct	.313	.241

Slugging Pct	.421	.290

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.530

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	120	19

Runs	16	2

Hits	29	4

Singles	18	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	18	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	30	4

Batting Average	.244	.223

On Base Pct	.309	.293

Slugging Pct	.427	.316

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.610

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
News
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Brewers on Saturday with a double, two RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 9th	The Royals optioned INF Josh Rojas to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday with a home run, a walk, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th	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
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 loss to the Mariners on Sunday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd	The Royals recalled Josh Rojas from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Friday with a solo home run, a run scored, and an RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	The Royals optioned Josh Rojas to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-5 in an 11-8 win over the Athletics with a run scored, one RBI, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th	The Royals selected the contract of Josh Rojas. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN			Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#277	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#312	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#364	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#274	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#294	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#159	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Rojas for Royce Lewis (2026)

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