Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Daniel Palencia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Bryan King RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 82	# 175
VBR	# 313	# 485

Projections

Strikeouts	21	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	1
ERA	3.81	3.81
WHIP	1.30	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	# 196

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 70	# 194

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 103	# 202

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 208

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Bryan King RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	41

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	44.0

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	3	6

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	17	42

Earned Runs	5	16

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	19	34

Walks	6	16

ERA	2.70	3.27

WHIP	1.38	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Bryan King RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.0	24.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	6

Hits Allowed	16	22

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	21	23

Walks	8	8

ERA	3.81	3.81

WHIP	1.30	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Bryan King RP - HOU
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Bryan King allowed one hit while striking out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is not expected back until after the All Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Bryan King tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in Friday's 4-2 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd
	Daniel Palencia resumed a throwing program on Monday Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Bryan King struck out one batter while tossing 1 2/3 scoreless frames to earn the save in Friday's 2-0 win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sat, May 16th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia will not be re-evaluated till after the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Bryan King struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on three hits and no walks over two innings to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, May 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Bryan King RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Daniel Palencia (2026)

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