Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Spence for Zach Penrod (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 879	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.90	5.39
WHIP	1.47	1.80

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 465	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Zach Penrod RP - WSH
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	Zach Penrod RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	17.4	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	13	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.90	5.39

WHIP	1.47	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC	Zach Penrod RP - WSH
News
	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Nationals signed LHP Zach Penrod to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th
	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC			Zach Penrod RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Spence for Zach Penrod (2026)

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