Who Should I Trade?

Mick Abel for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 183	# 201
VBR	# 528	# 733

Projections

Strikeouts	37	20
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.61	4.47
WHIP	1.43	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	# 152

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	# 151

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 251	# 331

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 305

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	54.0	20.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	22

Earned Runs	27	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	34	23

Walks	12	10

ERA	4.50	3.98

WHIP	1.24	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	6

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	54.6	20.8

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	20

Earned Runs	28	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	37	20

Walks	16	9

ERA	4.61	4.47

WHIP	1.43	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Mick Abel SP - MIN
News
	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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	Mick Abel is set to undergo arthroscopic right elbow surgery, and his timetable for return will be determined after the surgery. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 24th
	The Royals activated RHP Stephen Kolek from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters he anticipates Stephen Kolek starting Thursday’s series finale against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			Mick Abel SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#233
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
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 (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Mick Abel for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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