Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Mason Black (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 325	‐
VBR	# 757	# 979

Projections

Strikeouts	18	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	5.06
WHIP	1.40	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 403	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 261	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	47.1	17.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	27	18

Earned Runs	15	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	26	15

Walks	21	11

ERA	2.85	3.57

WHIP	1.01	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	23.5	13.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	24	14

Earned Runs	12	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	11

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.55	5.06

WHIP	1.40	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	The Cardinals recalled RHP Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Cardinals optioned Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Gordon Graceffo threw a scoreless frame on nine pitches in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Gordon Graceffo threw 10 pitches in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 12-10 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 22nd	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Gordon Graceffo walked one batter in a scoreless outing during Friday's 5-4 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th	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
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Mason Black (2026)

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