Who Should I Trade?

John King for Jose Butto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	John King RP - MIA	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 323	‐
VBR	# 547	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.96	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 354	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	45.0	2.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	24	6

Earned Runs	13	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	32	5

Walks	12	4

ERA	2.60	22.50

WHIP	0.80	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.96	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	The Marlins activated John King from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	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	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 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			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#384
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#133
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#234
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

John King for Jose Butto (2026)

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