Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	‐
VBR	# 235	# 723

Projections

Strikeouts	66	11
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.51
WHIP	1.33	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	4

Games Started	20	1

Innings Pitched	113.1	9.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	21

Earned Runs	42	12

Home Runs Allowed	11	6

Strikeouts	96	11

Walks	45	3

ERA	3.34	11.57

WHIP	1.16	2.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	69.5	12.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	13

Earned Runs	31	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	66	11

Walks	26	4

ERA	4.01	4.51

WHIP	1.33	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
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	The Brewers are reportedly viewing Colton Gordon as a starter. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Astros are trading Colton Gordon to the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Colton Gordon was optioned to Triple-A ahead of Thursday's game agains the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Colton Gordon was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	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	The Astros optioned LHP Colton Gordon to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#263	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289	@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Michael King (2026)

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