Who Should I Trade?

Jake Woodford for Mason Black (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 912	# 1102

Projections

Strikeouts	4	8
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	5.17
WHIP	1.35	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 377	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.1	17.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	18

Earned Runs	21	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	23	15

Walks	7	11

ERA	7.46	3.57

WHIP	1.82	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	10

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	5.2	10.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	11

Earned Runs	3	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	4	8

Walks	2	4

ERA	4.36	5.17

WHIP	1.35	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	The Cubs selected the contract of Jake Woodford. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Chicago Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Cubs are reportedly signing right-hander Jake Woodford to a big-league deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Jake Woodford has agreed to a minor-league contract with the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Jake Woodford has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 21st				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Woodford for Mason Black (2026)

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