Who Should I Trade?

John King for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	John King RP - MIA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 319	‐
VBR	# 647	# 580

Projections

Strikeouts	14	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.11	4.18
WHIP	1.41	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	# 237

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 350	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	33

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	40.0	35.0

Wins	6	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	4	2

Hits Allowed	20	28

Earned Runs	11	18

Home Runs Allowed	4	10

Strikeouts	30	42

Walks	10	16

ERA	2.48	4.63

WHIP	0.75	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.9	20.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	20	18

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	14	20

Walks	6	9

ERA	4.11	4.18

WHIP	1.41	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Steven Cruz struck out three batters while allowing no hits and no earned runs, walking one over 1.1 frames in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 27th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Steven Cruz will start on Friday for the Royals against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	Steven Cruz struck out two batters over 1.1 scoreless innings while allowing no hits or walks in Tuesday's win over the Rangers. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th
	The Marlins have signed reliever John King to a one-year, $1.5 million deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th	The Royals recalled Steven Cruz from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John King RP - MIA			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

John King for Steven Cruz (2026)

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