Who Should I Trade?

Alek Manoah for Mason Black (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alek Manoah SP - LAA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 946

Projections

Strikeouts	17	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	5.08
WHIP	1.47	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Manoah SP - LAA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.1	17.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	18

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	5	15

Walks	8	11

ERA	9.82	3.57

WHIP	2.18	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Manoah SP - LAA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	13

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	19.1	14.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	19	14

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	17	11

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.71	5.08

WHIP	1.47	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Manoah SP - LAA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	The Angels sent Alek Manoah outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Angels optioned Alek Manoah to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Alek Manoah pitched five scoreless innings in a bulk relief role on Monday during the Angels' 7-2 loss to the Guardians. David Leisering Mon, May 11th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Alek Manoah will make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Alek Manoah pitched a perfect eighth inning on Friday in his first appearance in the big leagues since 2024. The Angels, however, lost to Toronto, 2-0. David Leisering Sat, May 9th	Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alek Manoah SP - LAA			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Manoah for Mason Black (2026)

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