Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 44	‐
VBR	# 235	# 913

Projections

Strikeouts	66	5
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	3.85
WHIP	1.33	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	113.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	86	‐

Earned Runs	42	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	96	‐

Walks	45	‐

ERA	3.34	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	69.5	5.3

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	4

Earned Runs	31	2

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	66	5

Walks	26	2

ERA	4.01	3.85

WHIP	1.33	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over five innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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	The Braves placed RHP AJ Smith-Shawver on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#341
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#291
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#263	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Michael King (2026)

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