Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Matt Gage (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 374	‐
VBR	# 959	# 936

Projections

Strikeouts	7	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	5.03
WHIP	1.42	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 357	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 430	‐

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


Games Played	34	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	17.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	28	18

Earned Runs	17	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	22	15

Walks	17	11

ERA	5.60	3.57

WHIP	1.65	1.64

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


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	8.4	13.7

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	8	14

Earned Runs	4	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	11

Walks	3	6

ERA	4.40	5.03

WHIP	1.42	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	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
	Matt Gage RP - SF			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Matt Gage (2026)

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