Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 40	‐
VBR	# 227	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	57	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.98	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	119.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	91	‐

Earned Runs	43	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	103	‐

Walks	49	‐

ERA	3.24	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	59.9	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	54	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	57	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	Michael King allowed one run on five hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	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	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Kansas City optioned Kudrna to Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. He made his first appearance at that level last season, surrendering 18 earned runs across 11.1 innings. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	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 Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

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Ben Kudrna for Michael King (2026)

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