Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Spence for Triston McKenzie (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 850	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.90	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 465	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	9.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	21.21	‐

WHIP	3.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	16.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.90	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
News
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Triston McKenzie has been reassigned to minor league camp by the San Diego Padres. David Leisering Sat, Mar 21st
	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	McKenzie carries a 5.46 ERA across 24 big-league appearances (20 starts) since 2023 into Padres camp as a non-roster invitee, but his arm has shown something new this spring. He gained weight over the offseason and pitched in winter ball for the first time, and his four-seamer is averaging 95.7 mph — up two full mph from last season. McKenzie has never touched 97 mph in a major-league game, but he topped that mark 10 times in his most recent Cactus League outing and peaked at 98.8 mph. He admitted having "no idea" where the extra velocity is coming from. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC			Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

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Mitch Spence for Triston McKenzie (2026)

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