Who Should I Trade?

Ken Waldichuk for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	‐
VBR	# 228	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	63	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.02	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	5

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	9.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	7

Earned Runs	42	7

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	96	8

Walks	45	6

ERA	3.34	6.75

WHIP	1.16	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	66.6	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	61	‐

Earned Runs	30	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	4.02	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
News
	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	Ken Waldichuk underwent Tommy John surgery along with an internal brace procedure to repair a flexor tendon and UCL injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 60-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	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	Ken Waldichuk will receive a second opinion after being recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Michael King allowed four runs on three hits over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Ken Waldichuk was removed from Sunday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Ken Waldichuk for Michael King (2026)

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