Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Zak Kent (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	Zak Kent RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1103	# 1044

Projections

Strikeouts	9	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.00	4.81
WHIP	1.53	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

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


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.2	14.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	18

Earned Runs	7	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	15	11

Walks	11	7

ERA	3.57	6.28

WHIP	1.64	1.74

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


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	11.5	7.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	7

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	9	6

Walks	5	3

ERA	5.00	4.81

WHIP	1.53	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC	Zak Kent RP - WSH
News
	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	Zak Kent is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th	The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Black SP,RP - KC			Zak Kent RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Black for Zak Kent (2026)

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