Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Stratton for John King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 319	‐
VBR	# 644	# 742

Projections

Strikeouts	14	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	4.26
WHIP	1.42	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 349	# 441

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	3.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	6

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	30	3

Walks	10	0

ERA	2.48	5.40

WHIP	0.75	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	11.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	21	11

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	10

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.00	4.26

WHIP	1.42	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT
News
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Pirates optioned RHP Hunter Stratton to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Pirates recalled RHP Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Braves acquired C Joey Bart from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for RHP Hunter Stratton. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	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	Hunter Stratton was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday morning. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 3rd
	The Marlins have signed reliever John King to a one-year, $1.5 million deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th	The Braves recalled RHP Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John King RP - MIA			Hunter Stratton RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Stratton for John King (2026)

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