Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 45	‐
VBR	# 232	# 737

Projections

Strikeouts	62	10
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.27
WHIP	1.34	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	8

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	119.1	12.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	91	10

Earned Runs	43	4

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	103	10

Walks	49	3

ERA	3.24	3.00

WHIP	1.17	1.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	65.2	11.5

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	59	11

Earned Runs	29	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	62	10

Walks	25	5

ERA	4.04	4.27

WHIP	1.34	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
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	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. 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	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	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
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Michael King (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation