Who Should I Trade?

Christian Scott for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 45	# 108
VBR	# 234	# 248

Projections

Strikeouts	59	50
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.12
WHIP	1.34	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 202

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	# 81

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 200

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 83

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 84

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Christian Scott SP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	14

Games Started	21	14

Innings Pitched	119.1	63.1

Wins	6	3

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	91	51

Earned Runs	43	22

Home Runs Allowed	11	7

Strikeouts	103	78

Walks	49	29

ERA	3.24	3.13

WHIP	1.17	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Christian Scott SP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	11	10

Innings Pitched	61.5	47.5

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	42

Earned Runs	27	22

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	59	50

Walks	23	16

ERA	3.99	4.12

WHIP	1.34	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Christian Scott SP - NYM
News
	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	Christian Scott allowed three hits while striking out seven over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in Thursday’s 4-1 win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Christian Scott did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Royals after allowing three hits and one walk over five scoreless innings. He struck out five while scattering three singles against a Kansas City lineup that had scored 31 runs over its previous two games. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Christian Scott took his first loss of the season Friday against Atlanta after allowing three runs on two hits and four walks over four innings. He struck out seven and generated 13 swinging strikes on 82 pitches, but both hits he surrendered were home runs. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Christian Scott did not factor into the decision Saturday against the Phillies, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 4.1 innings. He struck out six and generated 17 swinging strikes on 82 pitches in his first appearance since June 11, with a two-run homer by Bryce Harper accounting for all the damage. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th
	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	The Mets activated RHP Christian Scott from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Christian Scott SP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Scott for Michael King (2026)

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