Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for T.J. Nichols (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 936	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.04	3.92
WHIP	1.48	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	3.57	‐

WHIP	1.64	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	17.8	2.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	2

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	14	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	5.04	3.92

WHIP	1.48	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
News
	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	The Rays reassigned RHP T.J. Nichols to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC			T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for T.J. Nichols (2026)

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