Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	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	# 338	‐
VBR	# 536	# 1105

Projections

Strikeouts	21	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.21	5.08
WHIP	1.46	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 313	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	17.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	15	0

Hits Allowed	34	18

Earned Runs	19	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	45	15

Walks	20	11

ERA	3.95	3.57

WHIP	1.25	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	21.9	12.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	13

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	10

Walks	10	5

ERA	4.21	5.08

WHIP	1.46	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	Sam Bachman pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Sunday to earn his first save of the season as the Angels defeated the Athletics, 9-7. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
		The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
		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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Sam Bachman (2026)

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