Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Ryan Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	‐
VBR	# 615	# 649

Projections

Strikeouts	6	17
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.75	4.89
WHIP	1.31	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 194	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 208	# 298

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	17

Games Started	1	14

Innings Pitched	53.0	72.1

Wins	2	3

Losses	3	7

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	57	67

Earned Runs	28	44

Home Runs Allowed	8	16

Strikeouts	44	52

Walks	19	36

ERA	4.75	5.47

WHIP	1.43	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	7

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	6.9	19.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	21

Earned Runs	3	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	6	17

Walks	2	7

ERA	3.75	4.89

WHIP	1.31	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
News
	The Astros optioned Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on two hits and five walks while striking out two over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th
	The Astros are calling Bryan King back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Ryan Johnson allowed one hit and two walks while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	The Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Ryan Johnson allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	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	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out five over 4 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 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	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on three hits and five walks while striking out one over 4 2/3 innings in Thursday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan King RP - HOU			Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#238	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Ryan Johnson (2026)

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