Who Should I Trade?

Jacob deGrom for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 11	# 44
VBR	# 72	# 236

Projections

Strikeouts	79	67
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.39	3.99
WHIP	1.07	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 8	# 41

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 10	# 60

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 12	# 46

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	# 31

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	# 72

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 12	# 48

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Michael King SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	18	20

Innings Pitched	100.2	113.1

Wins	7	6

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	86

Earned Runs	39	42

Home Runs Allowed	16	11

Strikeouts	122	96

Walks	22	45

ERA	3.49	3.34

WHIP	1.01	1.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Michael King SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	13

Innings Pitched	68.0	70.4

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	64

Earned Runs	26	31

Home Runs Allowed	10	9

Strikeouts	79	67

Walks	16	27

ERA	3.39	3.99

WHIP	1.07	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Michael King SP - SD
News
	Jacob deGrom will likely start his first game of the second half next week against the Chicago White Sox. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jul 17th	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 Rangers are uncertain when Jacob deGrom will make his next start. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Jacob deGrom (hip) will miss his scheduled start on Sunday against the Astros. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom (hip/leg) expects to make his next start after leaving Tuesday's game against the Angels after five innings. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Jacob deGrom took the loss Wednesday against the Marlins after allowing two runs on four hits and two walks over six innings. He struck out eight while throwing 58 of his 91 pitches for strikes and recorded his seventh quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX			Michael King SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob deGrom for Michael King (2026)

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