Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for John King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 319	‐
VBR	# 643	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	4.01
WHIP	1.42	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 350	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	# 433

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	12

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	7.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	4	2

Hits Allowed	20	9

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	30	9

Walks	10	4

ERA	2.48	9.39

WHIP	0.75	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	12.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	2

Hits Allowed	21	11

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	11

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.00	4.01

WHIP	1.42	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
News
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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
	The Marlins have signed reliever John King to a one-year, $1.5 million deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John King RP - MIA			Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for John King (2026)

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