Who Should I Trade?

Cade Cavalli for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	# 131
VBR	# 235	# 275

Projections

Strikeouts	66	56
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.00
WHIP	1.33	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	# 104

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 164

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 93

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 99

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	21

Games Started	20	21

Innings Pitched	113.1	104.2

Wins	6	6

Losses	7	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	105

Earned Runs	42	44

Home Runs Allowed	11	9

Strikeouts	96	119

Walks	45	32

ERA	3.34	3.78

WHIP	1.16	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	69.5	58.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	56

Earned Runs	31	26

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	66	56

Walks	26	20

ERA	4.01	4.00

WHIP	1.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Cade Cavalli SP - WSH
News
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over five innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Cade Cavalli allowed two earned runs on four hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Friday's win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Cade Cavalli allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a win on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The MLB has reduced Cade Cavalli's suspension from seven games to five games. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Michael King allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Nationals right-hander Cade Cavalli departed Sunday's start against the Pirates with an undisclosed injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Michael King allowed four runs on three hits over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Cade Cavalli will now start on Sunday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Cade Cavalli SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#263	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Cavalli for Michael King (2026)

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