Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 45	# 214
VBR	# 234	# 421

Projections

Strikeouts	59	28
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.00
WHIP	1.34	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 198

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 106

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	21	9

Innings Pitched	119.1	86.1

Wins	6	6

Losses	7	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	91	88

Earned Runs	43	33

Home Runs Allowed	11	7

Strikeouts	103	69

Walks	49	30

ERA	3.24	3.44

WHIP	1.17	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	23

Games Started	11	2

Innings Pitched	61.5	32.6

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	56	32

Earned Runs	27	14

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	59	28

Walks	23	11

ERA	3.99	4.00

WHIP	1.34	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
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	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Carmen Mlodzinski pitched the final four innings on Thursday and allowed one run on four hits while striking out three to preserve a 5-1 Pirates' victory over Houston. David Leisering Fri, Jun 5th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Carmen Mlodzinski was reinstated from the restricted list by the Pirates on Monday after he was placed on the list the day before. David Leisering Mon, Jun 1st
	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 Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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	Carmen Mlodzinski is expected to be available for the Pirates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Michael King (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation