Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Kyle Leahy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Bryan King RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	# 184
VBR	# 375	# 615

Projections

Strikeouts	22	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	3.75
WHIP	1.37	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	# 205

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	# 240

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	# 208

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 194

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Bryan King RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	51

Games Started	26	1

Innings Pitched	129.1	53.0

Wins	10	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	131	57

Earned Runs	45	28

Home Runs Allowed	13	8

Strikeouts	118	44

Walks	38	19

ERA	3.13	4.75

WHIP	1.31	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Bryan King RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	24.9	6.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	6

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	22	6

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.15	3.75

WHIP	1.37	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Bryan King RP - HOU
News
	Kyle Leahy allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out three over three innings in Saturday's loss to the Pirates. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 30th	The Astros optioned Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	Kyle Leahy allowed zero earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	The Astros are calling Bryan King back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Kyle Leahy allowed zero earned runs on three hits and zero walks while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Reds. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 19th	The Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Kyle Leahy allowed one earned run on six hits and no walks while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th	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
	Kyle Leahy allowed two earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out eight over five innings in Friday's 3-2 win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL			Bryan King RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#123	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#110	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Kyle Leahy (2026)

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