Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Spence for Will Klein (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Klein RP - LAD	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 271	‐
VBR	# 632	# 887

Projections

Strikeouts	22	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	4.89
WHIP	1.46	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 293	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 250	# 465

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Klein RP - LAD	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	3

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	37.1	9.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	2

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	35	19

Earned Runs	10	22

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	43	6

Walks	16	9

ERA	2.41	21.21

WHIP	1.37	3.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Klein RP - LAD	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	10

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	20.1	12.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	14

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	22	9

Walks	11	4

ERA	4.08	4.89

WHIP	1.46	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Klein RP - LAD	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
News
	Will Klein allowed one earned run on no hits and two walks while striking out two batters over 1.1 innings, taking the loss in Friday's game to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Will Klein struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Will Klein struck out three while allowing one hit and no walks over two scoreless innings in Thursday's 12-7 win over San Diego. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Will Klein allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk while striking out two in the 2-1 win. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Will Klein will open for the Dodgers on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Will Klein RP - LAD			Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY			vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Spence for Will Klein (2026)

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