Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Zack Littell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Littell SP,RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	‐
VBR	# 577	# 936

Projections

Strikeouts	32	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.87	5.04
WHIP	1.37	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 212	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 205	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 273	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 141	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Littell SP,RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	12

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	112.1	17.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	115	18

Earned Runs	62	7

Home Runs Allowed	25	3

Strikeouts	70	15

Walks	35	11

ERA	4.97	3.57

WHIP	1.34	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Littell SP,RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	10

Games Started	8	2

Innings Pitched	45.7	17.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	18

Earned Runs	25	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	32	14

Walks	11	7

ERA	4.87	5.04

WHIP	1.37	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Littell SP,RP - WSH	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	Zack Littell allowed four earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over 6.2 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 5th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Zack Littell allowed zero earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two over 4.2 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Blue Jays. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 30th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Zack Littell allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Friday's loss to the Diamondbacks. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 25th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Zack Littell will pitch in a bulk relief role on Friday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Zack Littell allowed eight earned runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 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
	Zack Littell SP,RP - WSH			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Zack Littell (2026)

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