Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Hart for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 44	‐
VBR	# 236	# 627

Projections

Strikeouts	67	21
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.39
WHIP	1.34	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 350

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	24

Games Started	20	1

Innings Pitched	113.1	34.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	86	28

Earned Runs	42	22

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	96	28

Walks	45	11

ERA	3.34	5.82

WHIP	1.16	1.15

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	25

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	70.4	24.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	64	23

Earned Runs	31	12

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	67	21

Walks	27	9

ERA	3.99	4.39

WHIP	1.34	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
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	Kyle Hart blew a save opportunity on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Kyle Hart will open Saturday's game for the Padres against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	The Padres recalled Kyle Hart from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	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 Padres optioned Kyle Hart to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Hart for Michael King (2026)

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