Who Should I Trade?

John King for Ryan Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 319	‐
VBR	# 623	# 799

Projections

Strikeouts	15	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.36
WHIP	1.40	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 349	# 438

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
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	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.6	10.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	22	8

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	11

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.96	4.36

WHIP	1.40	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
News
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Mets have reassigned right-hander Ryan Lambert to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Lambert compiled a 1.62 ERA and 1.16 WHIP with 81 strikeouts and 17 walks across 50 innings between High-A Brooklyn and Double-A Binghamton in 2025. His professional experience has not extended beyond the Double-A level. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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			Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#348
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#210	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#246	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#317	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#281
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#317	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#313
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#231	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#344	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#198
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#308
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD			vs LAD
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD			vs LAD
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD			vs LAD
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

John King for Ryan Lambert (2026)

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