Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 45	‐
VBR	# 229	# 995

Projections

Strikeouts	59	20
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	5.10
WHIP	1.34	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	119.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	91	‐

Earned Runs	43	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	103	‐

Walks	49	‐

ERA	3.24	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	11	4

Innings Pitched	62.3	23.4

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	23

Earned Runs	28	13

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	59	20

Walks	24	11

ERA	4.01	5.10

WHIP	1.34	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Caden Dana SP - LAA
News
	Michael King allowed one run on five hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Angels say Caden Dana is still bothered by fatigue related to mono. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	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	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (illness) has been transferred from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Angels have optioned right-hander Caden Dana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	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	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (mono) is progressing towards facing live hitters. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	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	Caden Dana is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Caden Dana SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Michael King (2026)

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