Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Matt Pushard (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 979	# 829

Projections

Strikeouts	11	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.06	4.55
WHIP	1.53	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.2	7.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	6

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	15	6

Walks	11	4

ERA	3.57	5.14

WHIP	1.64	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	13.9	4.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	14	5

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	4

Walks	6	2

ERA	5.06	4.55

WHIP	1.53	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
News
	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	The Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
	Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th	The Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Matt Pushard (2026)

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