Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 48	# 168
VBR	# 233	# 296

Projections

Strikeouts	66	57
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.61
WHIP	1.33	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 40	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	# 118

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 101

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 165

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	17

Games Started	20	7

Innings Pitched	113.1	59.0

Wins	6	4

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	86	59

Earned Runs	42	32

Home Runs Allowed	11	8

Strikeouts	96	44

Walks	45	18

ERA	3.34	4.88

WHIP	1.16	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	20

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	69.5	67.8

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	71

Earned Runs	31	35

Home Runs Allowed	9	10

Strikeouts	66	57

Walks	26	17

ERA	4.01	4.61

WHIP	1.33	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
News
	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	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with three strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Brandon Pfaadt allowed four hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Brandon Pfaadt allowed one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Michael King allowed four runs on three hits over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Diamondbacks recalled Brandon Pfaadt from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SD
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Michael King (2026)

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