Who Should I Trade?

Brenan Hanifee for Mason Black (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 368	‐
VBR	# 673	# 1102

Projections

Strikeouts	14	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	5.05
WHIP	1.39	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 349	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 468	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	12

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	17.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	20	18

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	7	15

Walks	5	11

ERA	3.93	3.57

WHIP	1.36	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.3	12.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	20	12

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	10

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.17	5.05

WHIP	1.39	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Tigers have optioned right-hander Brenan Hanifee to Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Tigers right-hander Brenan Hanifee yielded a hit and an earned run in one inning as the club's opener Friday versus the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Sat, May 16th	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	The Tigers optioned Brenan Hanifee to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th	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
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Sun, Jun 14th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brenan Hanifee for Mason Black (2026)

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