Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Mason Black (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 111	‐
VBR	# 401	# 955

Projections

Strikeouts	55	11
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.72	5.07
WHIP	1.41	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 201	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 160	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	12

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	102.2	17.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	18

Earned Runs	47	7

Home Runs Allowed	15	3

Strikeouts	86	15

Walks	32	11

ERA	4.12	3.57

WHIP	1.25	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	66.4	14.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	15

Earned Runs	35	8

Home Runs Allowed	10	2

Strikeouts	55	11

Walks	22	6

ERA	4.72	5.07

WHIP	1.41	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	Bryce Elder allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 10-5 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Bryce Elder allowed five runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Saturday's 5-0 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 28th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Bryce Elder gave up eight runs on 12 hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Bryce Elder allowed six runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out two over four-plus innings in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 15th	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on just two hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Sunday's 3-2 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th	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
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#51	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Mason Black (2026)

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