Who Should I Trade?

John King for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	John King RP - MIA	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 319	# 245
VBR	# 620	# 391

Projections

Strikeouts	14	27
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	2
ERA	4.00	3.73
WHIP	1.39	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 350	# 137

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	# 359

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	40

Games Started	1	5

Innings Pitched	40.0	39.0

Wins	6	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	4	9

Hits Allowed	20	31

Earned Runs	11	17

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	30	58

Walks	10	18

ERA	2.48	3.92

WHIP	0.75	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.8	23.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	21	20

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	14	27

Walks	6	10

ERA	4.00	3.73

WHIP	1.39	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
News
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Mason Montgomery earned the save in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Mason Montgomery pitched a scoreless first inning as the opener on Sunday during the Pirates' 3-2 loss to the Braves. David Leisering Sun, Jun 7th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Mason Montgomery will open for the Pirates on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Mason Montgomery pitched a scoreless first inning as the Pirates' opener on Thursday, allowing one hit while striking out three. David Leisering Fri, May 15th
	The Marlins have signed reliever John King to a one-year, $1.5 million deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th	Mason Montgomery served as the Pirates' opener on Monday and pitched a perfect 1-2-3 first inning against the Cardinals. David Leisering Mon, Apr 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John King RP - MIA			Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
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)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ CIN
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
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
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
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			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
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

John King for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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