Who Should I Trade?

Noah Schultz for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 194	# 291
VBR	# 1044	# 742

Projections

Strikeouts	2	29
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.98	4.66
WHIP	1.48	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	# 428

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 194

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Noah Schultz SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	10	13

Innings Pitched	54.0	65.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	59

Earned Runs	27	42

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	34	58

Walks	12	31

ERA	4.50	5.82

WHIP	1.24	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Noah Schultz SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	7

Games Started	1	7

Innings Pitched	3.5	32.6

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	32

Earned Runs	2	17

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	2	29

Walks	1	15

ERA	4.98	4.66

WHIP	1.48	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC	Noah Schultz SP - CWS
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Stephen Kolek will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Noah Schultz will remain in the rotation for the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Stephen Kolek will go for a second opinion on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Noah Schultz allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out four over five innings in Saturday's 1-0 loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Noah Schultz allowed three earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out five over 3 1/3 innings in Monday's loss to the Yankees. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Noah Schultz allowed five earned runs on 11 hits while striking out two over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Noah Schultz allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Stephen Kolek SP - KC			Noah Schultz SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#234
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Noah Schultz for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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