Who Should I Trade?

Kris Bubic for Ryan Pepiot (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 106	‐
VBR	# 409	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	33	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.92	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 119	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 121	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 91

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	50.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	4.11	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	34.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.92	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
News
	Kris Bubic could begin a new throwing program next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Rays said Ryan Pepiot's right hip surgery Wednesday went well and he is expected to make a full recovery for spring training next year. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
	Kris Bubic received a cortisone injection on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 3rd	Ryan Pepiot (hip) will miss the remainder of the 2026 season to undergo right hip surgery. The surgery is scheduled for May 13. David Leisering Fri, May 1st
	The Royals transferred LHP Kris Bubic to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Ryan Pepiot had a bad day on Monday as his right hip felt “unstable” while playing catch. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	Kris Bubic (elbow) will not make his scheduled rehab start on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	The Rays transferred RHP Ryan Pepiot to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	Kris Bubic is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Pepiot has not pitched in a game setting since March 17 and was placed on the IL prior to Opening Day with right hip inflammation. He may need more than one rehab start before Tampa Bay brings him back. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kris Bubic SP - KC			Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Kris Bubic for Ryan Pepiot (2026)

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