Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Mitch Spence (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 819	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.87	‐
WHIP	1.47	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 465	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	9.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	21.21	‐

WHIP	3.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	14.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.87	‐

WHIP	1.47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
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			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Mitch Spence (2026)

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