Who Should I Trade?

Karson Milbrandt for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 194	‐
VBR	# 1044	# 1052

Projections

Strikeouts	2	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.98	4.63
WHIP	1.48	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	54.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	7

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	3.5	10.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	10

Earned Runs	2	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	2	9

Walks	1	5

ERA	4.98	4.63

WHIP	1.48	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Stephen Kolek will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Marlins are promoting RHP prospect Karson Milbrandt to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Stephen Kolek will go for a second opinion on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Karson Milbrandt for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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