Who Should I Trade?

Christian MacLeod for Mason Black (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1103

Projections

Strikeouts	2	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.45	5.00
WHIP	1.52	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	17.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	18

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	15

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	3.57

WHIP	‐	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	1.7	11.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	12

Earned Runs	1	6

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	2	9

Walks	1	5

ERA	5.45	5.00

WHIP	1.52	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	The Twins reassigned LHP Christian MacLeod to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
		The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
		The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
		The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
		Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#246	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#211	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

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