Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Boyd for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 40	# 95
VBR	# 252	# 200

Projections

Strikeouts	53	50
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	3.93
WHIP	1.35	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 140

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	# 73

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	# 114

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 140

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 81

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 71	# 64

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	22	12

Innings Pitched	125.1	66.0

Wins	6	6

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	97	60

Earned Runs	47	25

Home Runs Allowed	13	6

Strikeouts	109	60

Walks	50	19

ERA	3.38	3.41

WHIP	1.17	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	9

Innings Pitched	55.3	54.0

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	50

Earned Runs	24	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	53	50

Walks	21	16

ERA	3.98	3.93

WHIP	1.35	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC
News
	Michael King has been pushed back to start Monday's series opener against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Matthew Boyd allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five across seven scoreless innings in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	Michael King allowed four runs on six hits over six innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Matthew Boyd allowed one run on seven hits and three walks while striking out four across seven innings in Friday's 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th
	Michael King allowed one run on five hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Matthew Boyd allowed one run on three hits and one walk while striking out four across six innings in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over five innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Matthew Boyd allowed four runs on six hits, one walk and two hit batters while striking out three across 6.1 innings in Sunday's 8-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Matthew Boyd allowed no runs on three hits and two walks while striking out seven across six innings in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Matthew Boyd SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Boyd for Michael King (2026)

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