Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Walbert Urena (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 765	# 955

Projections

Strikeouts	44	11
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.72	5.07
WHIP	1.56	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 94	‐

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


Games Played	17	12

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	81.1	17.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	61	18

Earned Runs	26	7

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	78	15

Walks	46	11

ERA	2.88	3.57

WHIP	1.32	1.64

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


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	52.9	14.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	15

Earned Runs	28	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	44	11

Walks	28	6

ERA	4.72	5.07

WHIP	1.56	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	Walbert Urena will start for the Angels on Tuesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Walbert Urena allowed one hit and five walks while striking out three over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Walbert Urena allowed one earned run on one hit and four walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Walbert Urena allowed seven earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five over 4 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Walbert Urena allowed four hits in five scoreless innings on Saturday as the Angels blanked the Athletics, 7-0. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs MIN
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 (1-0)	#18
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
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 Walbert Urena (2026)

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