Who Should I Trade?

John King for Matt Pushard (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 323	‐
VBR	# 547	# 1060

Projections

Strikeouts	12	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.99
WHIP	1.40	1.62

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 354	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	6

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	45.0	7.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	24	6

Earned Runs	13	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	32	6

Walks	12	4

ERA	2.60	5.14

WHIP	0.80	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.6	3.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	17	4

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	12	3

Walks	5	2

ERA	3.96	4.99

WHIP	1.40	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
News
	The Marlins activated John King from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
	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 Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
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			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

John King for Matt Pushard (2026)

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