Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for John King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	John King RP - MIA	Christian Roa RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 319	‐
VBR	# 644	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	4.47
WHIP	1.42	1.61

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	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	7

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	8.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	10

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	30	6

Walks	10	7

ERA	2.48	5.19

WHIP	0.75	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	8.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	21	8

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	8

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.00	4.47

WHIP	1.42	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Christian Roa RP - HOU
News
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Cubs designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Orioles designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Orioles claimed RHP Christian Roa off of waivers from the Twins and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	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 Twins designated RHP Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	The Marlins have signed reliever John King to a one-year, $1.5 million deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th	The Twins claimed RHP Christian Roa off waivers from the Astros and optioned him to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
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			Christian Roa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for John King (2026)

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