Who Should I Trade?

Alex Faedo for Mason Black (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alex Faedo SP,RP - 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	‐	# 1088

Projections

Strikeouts	1	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.93
WHIP	1.51	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

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


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	17.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	18

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	15

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	3.57

WHIP	‐	1.64

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


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	1.0	11.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	12

Earned Runs	1	6

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	1	9

Walks	1	5

ERA	4.52	4.93

WHIP	1.51	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Faedo SP,RP - LAA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	The Angels signed RHP Alex Faedo to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
		The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
		The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
		The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
		Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Faedo SP,RP - LAA			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
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)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Faedo for Mason Black (2026)

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