Merrill Kelly or Michael King

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Merrill Kelly or Michael King Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	16

Games Started	19	16

Innings Pitched	108.1	93.2

Wins	6	7

Losses	7	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	82	103

Earned Runs	41	56

Home Runs Allowed	10	20

Strikeouts	92	59

Walks	43	38

ERA	3.41	5.38

WHIP	1.15	1.51

Merrill Kelly or Michael King Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	28

Games Started	27	27

Innings Pitched	154.5	157.9

Wins	10	10

Losses	8	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	137	149

Earned Runs	65	68

Home Runs Allowed	19	21

Strikeouts	159	142

Walks	53	47

ERA	3.77	3.89

WHIP	1.23	1.24

Merrill Kelly or Michael King Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
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	Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on seven hits, walked three, and struck out two as the Diamondbacks dropped a 3-2 decision to the Cardinals on Monday. David Leisering Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Merrill Kelly allowed six earned runs on 11 hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Chris Schommer 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

Merrill Kelly or Michael King Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#33	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#58
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#59	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-5)	#43
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-1)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#26	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#222
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#114	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#228	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#377	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-7)	#325	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#95	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (5-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-5)	#51	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#145
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#147
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#275	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#22
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#228	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#106
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#166
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#377	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#332
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#213	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#100	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#123	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#144
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-6)	#178	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#205
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#106	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#166	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#134
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (4-6)	#127	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#114
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#78	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#133	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#95	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-7)	#325
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#174	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-5)	#121	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#197	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#55	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (10-4)	#4	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#148
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#179	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#283
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (10-4)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#84
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#73	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#24	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#47
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#151	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#185
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-3)	#202
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#81
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#314	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#229
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#275
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#133	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (8-3)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#152	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#305	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#222	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (4-6)	#127
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#129	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#27	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#205	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#148
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#144
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (2-1)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#171
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#332
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#120	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#70	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#66	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#74	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#117	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (4-6)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-6)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SD
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#148
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL