Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 41	‐
VBR	# 244	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	51	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.01	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 37	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	23	‐

Innings Pitched	130.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	102	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	114	‐

Walks	54	‐

ERA	3.45	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	53.5	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	49	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	4.01	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	Michael King allowed three runs on five hits over five innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Michael King has been pushed back to start Monday's series opener against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Michael King allowed four runs on six hits over six innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Michael King (2026)

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