Who Should I Trade?

Albert Suarez for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 42	‐
VBR	# 238	# 856

Projections

Strikeouts	67	15
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	4.74
WHIP	1.34	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 164

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	16

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	108.1	40.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	82	36

Earned Runs	41	16

Home Runs Allowed	10	7

Strikeouts	92	28

Walks	43	13

ERA	3.41	3.54

WHIP	1.15	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	22

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	70.8	19.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	65	20

Earned Runs	31	10

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	67	15

Walks	27	6

ERA	4.00	4.74

WHIP	1.34	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL
News
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Albert Suarez has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	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	The Orioles designated RHP Albert Suárez for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	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	The Orioles selected the contract of Albert Suarez. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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 Orioles sent Albert Suarez outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	Albert Suarez has been designated for assignment by the Baltimore Orioles in a series of moves made by the organization on Saturday. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#237	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#317
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#250	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#247
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-1)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#314	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#237
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Albert Suarez for Michael King (2026)

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