Who Should I Trade?

Martin Perez for Mason Black (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	‐
VBR	# 513	# 1105

Projections

Strikeouts	36	10
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	5.08
WHIP	1.44	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 136	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 356	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 131	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	12

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	85.1	17.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	18

Earned Runs	32	7

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	65	15

Walks	36	11

ERA	3.38	3.57

WHIP	1.20	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	45.6	12.8

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	13

Earned Runs	23	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	36	10

Walks	18	5

ERA	4.50	5.08

WHIP	1.44	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	Martin Perez allowed only one hit and four walks while striking out three over four shutout innings in Wednesday's 7-6 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Braves activated Martin Perez from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Braves left-hander Martin Perez (forearm) is likely to start on Wednesday against the Padres. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Martin Perez (forearm) could come off the IL as soon as next week against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	The Braves placed Martín Pérez on the 15-day injured list with a left forearm contusion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Martin Perez SP - ATL			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Martin Perez for Mason Black (2026)

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