Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Ryan Rolison (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC	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	# 318	‐
VBR	# 681	# 946

Projections

Strikeouts	18	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	5.09
WHIP	1.43	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 448	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 248	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	12

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	38.0	17.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	31	18

Earned Runs	11	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	37	15

Walks	17	11

ERA	2.61	3.57

WHIP	1.26	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	20.6	13.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	14

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	11

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.35	5.09

WHIP	1.43	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	Ryan Rolison will start for the Cubs on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Ryan Rolison served as an opener for the first time this season on Sunday and retired all four batters he faced in the Cubs' 5-1 loss to the Giants. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Ryan Rolison retired one batter in the tenth before allowing a walk-off two-run home run to Edgar Quero as the White Sox defeated the Cubs, 9-8, on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 17th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Cubs recalled Ryan Rolison from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Ryan Rolison to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th	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
	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Ryan Rolison (2026)

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