Who Should I Trade?

Marquis Grissom for Mason Black (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Marquis Grissom RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1028	# 942

Projections

Strikeouts	1	14
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.50	5.04
WHIP	1.53	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Marquis Grissom RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	17.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	18

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	15

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	3.57

WHIP	‐	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Marquis Grissom RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	1.1	17.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	18

Earned Runs	1	10

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	1	14

Walks	1	7

ERA	5.50	5.04

WHIP	1.53	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Marquis Grissom RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
		The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
		The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
		The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
		The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
		Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Marquis Grissom RP - WSH			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

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