Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 194	‐
VBR	# 997	# 666

Projections

Strikeouts	6	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.52
WHIP	1.41	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

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	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	54.0	9.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	4

Earned Runs	27	5

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	34	6

Walks	12	5

ERA	4.50	4.82

WHIP	1.24	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	15

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	8.3	11.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	11

Earned Runs	4	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	6	10

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.55	4.52

WHIP	1.41	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Stephen Kolek will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Blue Jays recalled RHP Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Stephen Kolek will go for a second opinion on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Lazaro Estrada was optioned back to Triple-A on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 4th
	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Blue Jays optioned Lazaro Estrada to Triple-A Buffalo. 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 Blue Jays recalled Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Blue Jays are expected to recall Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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