Who Should I Trade?

Clayton Beeter for Mason Black (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Clayton Beeter RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 153	‐
VBR	# 302	# 936

Projections

Strikeouts	25	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.05	4.99
WHIP	1.39	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 168	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 168	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 173	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Clayton Beeter RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.2	17.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	18

Earned Runs	13	7

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	33	15

Walks	19	11

ERA	3.94	3.57

WHIP	1.31	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Clayton Beeter RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.7	13.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	19	14

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	25	11

Walks	12	6

ERA	4.05	4.99

WHIP	1.39	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Clayton Beeter RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	Clayton Beeter allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk while striking out two to earn the save in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Clayton Beeter struck out one batter over 1.1 scoreless frames to earn the save in Monday's 12-11 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 7th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Clayton Beeter struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Monday's 4-1 win over the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Clayton Beeter allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk while striking out two to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Rays. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 21st	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Clayton Beeter struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Padres. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 1st	Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Clayton Beeter RP - WSH			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#122	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Clayton Beeter for Mason Black (2026)

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