Mason Black or Taj Bradley
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Taj Bradley SP - MIN | Mason Black SP,RP - KC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 11 | 8 |
| Games Started | 11 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 60.2 | 9.2 |
| Wins | 5 | 0 |
| Losses | 2 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 54 | 9 |
| Earned Runs | 24 | 2 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 70 | 10 |
| Walks | 26 | 3 |
| ERA | 3.56 | 1.86 |
| WHIP | 1.32 | 1.24 |
| Taj Bradley SP - MIN | Mason Black SP,RP - KC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 30 | 28 |
| Games Started | 25 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 138.6 | 48.0 |
| Wins | 7 | 2 |
| Losses | 8 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 131 | 49 |
| Earned Runs | 65 | 28 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 19 | 7 |
| Strikeouts | 133 | 38 |
| Walks | 49 | 20 |
| ERA | 4.24 | 5.18 |
| WHIP | 1.30 | 1.44 |
| Taj Bradley SP - MIN | Mason Black SP,RP - KC | |
| News | ||
| Taj Bradley allowed four earned runs on seven hits and five walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Wednesday's loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 4th | The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th | |
| Taj Bradley allowed four earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over four innings in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Pirates. Matthew Adam Sat, May 30th | The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th | |
| Taj Bradley will have his next start pushed back to Friday’s series opener against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th | The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th | |
| Taj Bradley allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Matthew Adam Sun, May 24th | Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th | |
| The Twins activated RHP Taj Bradley from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Taj Bradley SP - MIN | Mason Black SP,RP - KC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th |   |   |   | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-4) | #5 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-7) | #41 | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (3-1) | #122 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (3-6) | #77 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (4-2) | #127 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #76 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #296 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #94 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #16 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #39 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-2) | #67 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-3) | #100 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #56 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-2) | #86 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (7-1) | #52 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (1-7) | #46 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (9-3) | #31 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (3-4) | #26 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-3) | #109 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (1-7) | #64 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #200 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-2) | #246 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-2) | #84 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #262 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #405 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #137 | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #47 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (7-1) | #30 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (3-4) | #26 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-3) | #91 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (1-7) | #64 |
| Thu, Apr 16th |   |   |   | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-4) | #193 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-3) | #37 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #93 | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #68 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-6) | #160 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-4) | #81 |
| Mon, Apr 20th |   |   |   | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-7) | #41 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #32 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (3-6) | #77 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #159 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #125 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (5-2) | #20 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #143 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-3) | #22 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (3-4) | #404 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-4) | #61 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #44 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (4-4) | #13 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #212 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-5) | #17 | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #168 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-4) | #21 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #123 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-2) | #246 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-4) | #6 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #11 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #88 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-3) | #60 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #43 |
| Mon, May 4th |   |   |   | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (1-7) | #46 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-4) | #83 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (9-3) | #31 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-5) | #270 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-3) | #109 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #205 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #99 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-2) | #54 | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-4) | #193 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (1-7) | #46 | vs DET | Burch Smith | |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (9-3) | #31 | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | |
| Tue, May 12th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #115 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #405 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (6-0) | #59 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #220 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #131 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #200 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-1) | #196 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #70 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #56 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #149 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-2) | #172 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (6-4) | #151 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (3-3) | #141 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (7-1) | #30 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #345 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #27 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-8) | #132 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-3) | #91 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (3-2) | #57 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (4-4) | #13 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (1-2) | #182 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-5) | #17 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (7-1) | #30 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-4) | #6 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #200 | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #68 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (3-3) | #126 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-3) | #37 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-1) | #215 | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-1) | #24 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ PIT | Jared Jones (1-0) | #69 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #53 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-3) | #92 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #104 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-3) | #35 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-5) | #75 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-1) | #215 | @ CIN | Lyon Richardson | |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-2) | #84 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #93 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #405 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #23 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #117 | @ MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #184 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-4) | #80 | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (2-3) | #78 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs KC | Luinder Avila (1-2) | #216 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #16 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #94 | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (2-4) | #116 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ DET | Troy Melton (2-0) | #119 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (3-4) | #26 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #53 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-4) | #193 | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #104 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #102 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (3-3) | #141 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-5) | #85 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-8) | #132 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #70 | vs HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #15 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #53 | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (1-0) | #174 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #104 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (7-2) | #87 |
| Wed, Jun 17th |   |   |   | @ WSH | Zack Littell (6-4) | #153 |
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ARI | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ARI | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs LAD | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs LAD | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th |   |   |   | @ TB | ||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs COL | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs COL | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs COL | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ HOU | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ HOU | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd |   |   |   | vs TB | ||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ NYY | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ NYY | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th |   |   |   | vs PHI | ||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs CLE | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs CLE | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs CLE | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs LAA | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs LAA | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs LAA | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CLE | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CLE | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CLE | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ATH | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ATH | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ATH | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs KC | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs KC | @ MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs KC | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ SEA | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ SEA | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ SEA | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIL | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIL | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIL | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th |   |   |   | @ LAA | ||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs PHI | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs PHI | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATL | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATL | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th |   |   |   | vs ATH | ||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SD | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SD | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SD | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATH | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATH | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th |   |   |   | @ TOR | ||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CWS | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CWS | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CWS | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs DET | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs DET | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd |   |   |   | vs MIA | ||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CWS | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CWS | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CWS | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ DET | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ DET | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CLE | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CLE | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CLE | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs NYY | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs NYY | @ HOU | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ LAA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ LAA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ LAA | @ PIT | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SF | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SF | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th |   |   |   | vs CWS | ||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TEX | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TEX | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TEX | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (3-6) | #97 |   |   |   |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #157 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #18 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (2-0) | #89 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #43 |   |   |   |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-2) | #84 |   |   |   |
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ARI |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ HOU |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ NYY |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PHI |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ATH |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs DET |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF |   |   |   | ||

