Cole Ragans
26-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Ragans was two different pitchers in 2023 for two different clubs. He worked solely as a reliever for Texas with too many walks and homers as part of a rather leaky bullpen. It was that situation which led the club to deal the talented lefty to Kansas City for Aroldis Chapman. The deal has been a win-win in the short term, but one Texas will regret for years to come if Ragans continues to shove as he did once reporting to the Royals. He was arguably one of the more valuable pitchers for fantasy managers with a stretch of pitching that will likely lead to him being one of the more pushed up pitchers on draft boards this offseason. He gained velocity, reduced his walks and homers and the outcomes matched the potential. The remaining issue is that he still pitches for a bad club which means he has to pitch his keister off to get those wins. Simply put, this is Nick Lodolo all over again. Don't get caught inhaling helium on draft day. Read Past Outlooks
Named Opening Day starter
The Royals announced Sunday that Ragans will start their Opening Day game March 28 versus the Twins at Kauffman Stadium, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
After being acquired from the Rangers last June, Ragans was a revelation for the Royals upon stepping into the big-league rotation. Over his 12 starts with Kansas City to close out last season, Ragans posted a 2.64 ERA and 89:27 K:BB across 71.2 innings. He's carried that momentum over to the Cactus League this spring, allowing four earned runs over 8.2 innings while striking out 10 and issuing just two walks. Ragans' lack of an established track record makes it tough to bank on him completely repeating his hot run to end the 2023 season, but he should continue to pile up strikeouts even if his ERA takes a dramatic turn for the worse.
After being acquired from the Rangers last June, Ragans was a revelation for the Royals upon stepping into the big-league rotation. Over his 12 starts with Kansas City to close out last season, Ragans posted a 2.64 ERA and 89:27 K:BB across 71.2 innings. He's carried that momentum over to the Cactus League this spring, allowing four earned runs over 8.2 innings while striking out 10 and issuing just two walks. Ragans' lack of an established track record makes it tough to bank on him completely repeating his hot run to end the 2023 season, but he should continue to pile up strikeouts even if his ERA takes a dramatic turn for the worse.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-11%
BAA vs RHP
2024
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .245 | 27 | 11 | 26 | 1 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .219 | 113 | 46 | 87 | 12 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .253 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 1 | |||
2023vs Right | .187 | 91 | 30 | 50 | 6 | |||
2022vs Left | .222 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
2022vs Right | .282 | 22 | 16 | 37 | 6 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-2%
ERA on Road
2024
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ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.95 | 1.23 | 70.2 | 8.9 | 3.1 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 3.86 | 1.27 | 65.1 | 9.6 | 4.5 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | 3.06 | 1.11 | 47.0 | 9.8 | 3.3 | ||||
2023Away | 3.86 | 1.20 | 49.0 | 11.4 | 4.4 | ||||
2022Home | 5.70 | 1.48 | 23.2 | 7.2 | 2.7 | ||||
2022Away | 3.86 | 1.47 | 16.1 | 4.4 | 5.0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Cole Ragans compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.76K/9
10.6BB/9
3.8HR/9
0.7Fastball
96.6 mphERA
3.47WHIP
1.16BABIP
.285GB/FB
1.39Left On Base
70.2%Exit Velocity
81.4 mphBarrels/BBE
3.4%Spin Rate
2381 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.4%Swinging Strike
14.6%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2018
Ragans made his big-league debut with nine starts last season and posted a 4.95 ERA, 1.48 WHIP and 27:16 K:BB over 40 innings. The Rangers revamped their starting rotation during the offseason with the additions of veterans Jacob deGrom, Andrew Heaney, Nate Eovaldi and Jake Odorizzi, leaving the 25-year-old with extremely slim odds of making the Opening Day roster. Ragans is unlikely to be much of a factor in Texas' rotation in 2023, and if he is it means the club is enduring some serious injury issues.
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Looking good for rotation
Ragans has allowed four hits and a walk while striking out eight over five scoreless innings across two Cactus League starts.
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Struggles with command in loss
Ragans (7-5) took the loss Thursday, allowing four runs on five hits and four walks over 6.1 innings against the Tigers. He struck out eight.
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Earns seventh win
Ragans (7-4) yielded two runs on three hits and four walks over six innings Friday, striking out five and picking up a win over Houston.
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Fans seven in no-decision
Ragans came away with a no-decision Saturday, surrendering five runs on six hits and two walks over six-plus innings as the Royals downed the Astros 10-8. He struck out seven.
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Falters late against Blue Jays
Ragans allowed two runs on one hit and six walks while striking out six over 5.2 innings Sunday against the Blue Jays. He did not factor into the decision.
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