Who Should I Trade?

John King for Mason Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 319	‐
VBR	# 644	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	9.00
WHIP	1.42	1.00

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 349	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	40.0	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	2.48	‐

WHIP	0.75	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	0.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	21	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	14	1

Walks	6	0

ERA	4.00	9.00

WHIP	1.42	1.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Mason Thompson RP - TEX
News
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John King RP - MIA			Mason Thompson RP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

John King for Mason Thompson (2026)

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