Who Should I Trade?

Jose Soriano for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Jose Soriano SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 45	# 54
VBR	# 232	# 212

Projections

Strikeouts	61	65
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	3.85
WHIP	1.34	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 70

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	# 87

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	# 69

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 47

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 43

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Jose Soriano SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	21

Games Started	21	21

Innings Pitched	119.1	118.0

Wins	6	8

Losses	7	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	91	94

Earned Runs	43	46

Home Runs Allowed	11	12

Strikeouts	103	122

Walks	49	54

ERA	3.24	3.51

WHIP	1.17	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Jose Soriano SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	64.4	65.8

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	59

Earned Runs	29	28

Home Runs Allowed	9	6

Strikeouts	61	65

Walks	24	29

ERA	4.04	3.85

WHIP	1.34	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Jose Soriano SP - LAA
News
	Michael King allowed one run on five hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Jose Soriano allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Monday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over five innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Angels are expected to make Jose Soriano available at the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Jose Soriano will start on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a win on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Jose Soriano allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Michael King allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Jose Soriano allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Jose Soriano SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Soriano for Michael King (2026)

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