Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Freeland for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 185	‐
VBR	# 652	# 677

Projections

Strikeouts	24	45
Wins	2	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	5.19
WHIP	1.44	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 123	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 252	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 353

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	18

Games Started	10	18

Innings Pitched	54.0	94.0

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	127

Earned Runs	27	76

Home Runs Allowed	8	20

Strikeouts	34	83

Walks	12	20

ERA	4.50	7.28

WHIP	1.24	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	7	11

Innings Pitched	35.6	59.3

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	69

Earned Runs	18	34

Home Runs Allowed	4	10

Strikeouts	24	45

Walks	11	15

ERA	4.63	5.19

WHIP	1.44	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
News
	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Kyle Freeland allowed four earned runs on six hits while striking out nine over six innings in a loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	The Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Kyle Freeland allowed six earned runs on nine hits while striking out two over five innings in Monday’s loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
	Stephen Kolek allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out zero over two innings in Thursday's loss to the Rays. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	Kyle Freeland allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Royals activated RHP Stephen Kolek from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Kyle Freeland allowed six runs on 11 hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters he anticipates Stephen Kolek starting Thursday’s series finale against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Kyle Freeland went 7.1 innings on Friday night and allowed two runs on four hits, did not walk a batter, and struck out eight in a no-decision against the Pirates. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			Kyle Freeland SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#236
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Freeland for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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