Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for John King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	John King RP - MIA	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 323	‐
VBR	# 586	# 851

Projections

Strikeouts	12	12
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	4.99
WHIP	1.40	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 354	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	1

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	45.0	1.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	24	2

Earned Runs	13	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	32	0

Walks	12	2

ERA	2.60	36.00

WHIP	0.80	4.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.0	12.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	18	12

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	12	12

Walks	5	6

ERA	4.00	4.99

WHIP	1.40	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	The Marlins activated John King from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Athletics designated LHP Ben Bowden for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Athletics selected the contract of Ben Bowden. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	John King recorded the final out of Saturday’s 8-7 win over the Washington Nationals to earn the first save of his career. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John King RP - MIA			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

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