Who Should I Trade?

Chris Bassitt for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 48	# 227
VBR	# 229	# 616

Projections

Strikeouts	63	22
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.57
WHIP	1.34	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 40	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 196

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 219

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	12

Games Started	20	10

Innings Pitched	113.1	56.1

Wins	6	4

Losses	7	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	70

Earned Runs	42	33

Home Runs Allowed	11	6

Strikeouts	96	37

Walks	45	22

ERA	3.34	5.27

WHIP	1.16	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	12	4

Innings Pitched	66.7	26.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	28

Earned Runs	30	14

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	63	22

Walks	25	9

ERA	4.02	4.57

WHIP	1.34	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
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	Chris Bassitt threw long toss on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Chris Bassitt is back with the Orioles and is feeling better, but he remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Chris Bassitt underwent a procedure to have bone spurs removed from his back. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Chris Bassitt has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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	Chris Bassitt will head for a second opinion on his back injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
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			Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Bassitt for Michael King (2026)

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