Ben Kudrna or Michael King

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Ben Kudrna or Michael King Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	108.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	82	‐

Earned Runs	41	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	92	‐

Walks	43	‐

ERA	3.41	‐

WHIP	1.15	‐

Ben Kudrna or Michael King Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	8

Games Started	27	2

Innings Pitched	154.5	14.6

Wins	10	1

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	137	16

Earned Runs	65	8

Home Runs Allowed	19	2

Strikeouts	159	11

Walks	53	7

ERA	3.77	5.06

WHIP	1.23	1.51

Ben Kudrna or Michael King Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a win on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Michael King allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Michael King allowed four runs on three hits over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Kansas City optioned Kudrna to Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. He made his first appearance at that level last season, surrendering 18 earned runs across 11.1 innings. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	Michael King allowed six hits over seven scoreless innings with five strikeouts in a win on Monday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	Michael King allowed three runs on five hits over 4 1/3 innings with one strikeout and three walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
	Michael King's transition to a full-time starter in San Diego paid off in 2024, but 2025 brought some mild regression and missed time. After logging 173 2/3 innings with a 2.95 ERA and 27.7% strikeout rate in 2024, he threw just 73.1 innings in 2025 with his strikeout rate dipping to 24.7% and his HR/9 jumping from 0.9 to 1.5. Projections expect a rebound in workload and a return to mid-3.00s ratios, which aligns more closely with his 2024 form than last year's abbreviated campaign. King still misses bats at an above-average clip and limits batting average against (.225 career), but his margin for error narrows when the home run rate spikes. He profiles as a high-end SP3 with SP2 upside if the strikeouts tick back toward the 27-28% range and he pushes past 160 innings again. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Ben Kudrna or Michael King Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#379
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#190	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (8-3)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#131	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#110	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (7-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#371	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#395
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#324	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#175
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-5)	#46	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#269	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#197
Fri, Apr 24th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#269
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#102	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#123	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#173
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-6)	#184	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#100	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#176	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#190	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (7-4)	#91
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#125	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#107
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#175
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#50	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#395
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-6)	#184
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#50
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#26
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#173	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-5)	#148	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#265	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#53	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#29
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#78
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#177	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#7	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#73	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#205	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#104
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#149	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#82	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#50	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-2)	#155
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#150	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#212	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#223	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#127	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#97
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#203	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#127	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-1)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#84	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#120	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#71	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#82
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#75	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#117	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#168
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL			vs SF
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL			vs SF
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL			vs SF
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			@ DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#371
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#28
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL