Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Troy Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	Troy Watson SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 979	# 1063

Projections

Strikeouts	11	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.06	4.94
WHIP	1.53	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	Troy Watson SP - DET
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	Troy Watson SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	8

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	13.9	1.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	14	2

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	11	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	5.06	4.94

WHIP	1.53	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	Troy Watson SP - DET
News
	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	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			Troy Watson SP - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Troy Watson (2026)

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