Who Should I Trade?

Nick Mears for Victor Vodnik (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Victor Vodnik RP - COL	Nick Mears RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 215	# 385
VBR	# 826	# 692

Projections

Strikeouts	18	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.50	4.29
WHIP	1.57	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 341	# 429

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 387

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Victor Vodnik RP - COL	Nick Mears RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.1	19.1

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	4	5

Hits Allowed	35	18

Earned Runs	19	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	23	15

Walks	19	11

ERA	5.46	5.12

WHIP	1.72	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Victor Vodnik RP - COL	Nick Mears RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.3	14.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	21	14

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	14

Walks	10	6

ERA	4.50	4.29

WHIP	1.57	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Victor Vodnik RP - COL	Nick Mears RP - KC
News
	Victor Vodnik (elbow) has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list by the Colorado Rockies. In a corresponding move, Eiberson Castellano was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
	Victor Vodnik is scheduled for two one-inning rehab games for Triple-A Albuquerque next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Victor Vodnik is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th	Nick Mears began playing catch again on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd
	Victor Vodnik is scheduled to throw a bullpen session during the Colorado Rockies’ three-game road trip to Anaheim, which begins on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 1st	Nick Mears experienced soreness following Tuesday's bullpen session and is undergoing further evaluation. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th
	Victor Vodnik threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 31st	Royals right-hander Nick Mears (shoulder) is continuing his throwing progression and could be throwing bullpens by the end of the week. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Victor Vodnik RP - COL			Nick Mears RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#423	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Mears for Victor Vodnik (2026)

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