Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Reynaldo Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Reynaldo Lopez SP,RP - 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	# 137	‐
VBR	# 362	# 942

Projections

Strikeouts	35	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	5.04
WHIP	1.37	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 175	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 144	‐

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


Games Played	24	12

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	71.2	17.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	67	18

Earned Runs	29	7

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	66	15

Walks	29	11

ERA	3.64	3.57

WHIP	1.34	1.64

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


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	37.9	17.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	18

Earned Runs	18	10

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	35	14

Walks	14	7

ERA	4.28	5.04

WHIP	1.37	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Reynaldo Lopez SP,RP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	The Braves placed RHP Reynaldo López on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Reynaldo Lopez has been scratched from Saturday's start with left knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Reynaldo Lopez allowed no runs on five hits and a walk while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 3-2 win against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 26th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Reynaldo Lopez gave up five runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings in Tuesday's 8-3 loss to the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Reynaldo Lopez will start Tuesday’s game against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Reynaldo Lopez SP,RP - ATL			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
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 (8-5)	#179	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
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				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
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ 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
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Reynaldo Lopez (2026)

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