Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for John King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	John King RP - MIA	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 319	‐
VBR	# 623	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.96	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 349	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	40.0	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	2.48	‐

WHIP	0.75	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	3.96	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Reds reassigned RHP Carson Spiers to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	John King recorded the final out of Saturday’s 8-7 win over the Washington Nationals to earn the first save of his career. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 10th
	The Marlins have signed reliever John King to a one-year, $1.5 million deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John King RP - MIA			Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#348	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#210	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#246	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#317	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#317	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#281
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#231	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#344	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#311
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ SEA
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#227	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#313	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD			@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for John King (2026)

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