Who Should I Trade?

John King for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 319	‐
VBR	# 625	# 909

Projections

Strikeouts	15	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.79
WHIP	1.39	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 349	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	# 464

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	10

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	10.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	20	14

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	30	9

Walks	10	10

ERA	2.48	9.90

WHIP	0.75	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.6	14.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	22	13

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	15

Walks	6	8

ERA	3.99	4.79

WHIP	1.39	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
News
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	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 Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Marlins have signed reliever John King to a one-year, $1.5 million deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
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			Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ STL
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

John King for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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