Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Bryan King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Bryan King RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	# 184
VBR	# 443	# 664

Projections

Strikeouts	13	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.35	3.94
WHIP	1.42	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 125	# 205

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	# 194

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 133	# 240

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 209	# 208

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Bryan King RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	63	51

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	75.0	53.0

Wins	13	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	2	6

Blown Saves	6	4

Holds	13	12

Hits Allowed	67	57

Earned Runs	28	28

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	104	44

Walks	37	19

ERA	3.36	4.75

WHIP	1.39	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Bryan King RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.9	7.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	9	6

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	13	7

Walks	5	2

ERA	3.35	3.94

WHIP	1.42	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Bryan King RP - HOU
News
	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	The Astros optioned Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
		The Astros are calling Bryan King back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		The Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
		Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
		Bryan King allowed one hit while striking out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL			Bryan King RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Bryan King (2026)

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