Who Should I Trade?

Stephen Kolek for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	# 191
VBR	# 54	# 997

Projections

Strikeouts	63	6
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.27	4.55
WHIP	1.12	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	# 141

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	# 115

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	# 263

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	# 445

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	10

Games Started	18	10

Innings Pitched	105.0	54.0

Wins	10	4

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	73	55

Earned Runs	29	27

Home Runs Allowed	13	8

Strikeouts	126	34

Walks	23	12

ERA	2.49	4.50

WHIP	0.91	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	2

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	55.4	8.3

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	9

Earned Runs	20	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	63	6

Walks	15	3

ERA	3.27	4.55

WHIP	1.12	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up no runs on one hit with three strikeouts over two innings in Sunday's 8-0 win against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Stephen Kolek will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	Stephen Kolek will go for a second opinion on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Stephen Kolek for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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