Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Ryan Sloan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Ryan Sloan SP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 44	‐
VBR	# 235	# 910

Projections

Strikeouts	66	6
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.17
WHIP	1.33	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Ryan Sloan SP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	113.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	86	‐

Earned Runs	42	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	96	‐

Walks	45	‐

ERA	3.34	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Ryan Sloan SP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	8

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	69.5	6.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	6

Earned Runs	31	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	66	6

Walks	26	2

ERA	4.01	4.17

WHIP	1.33	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Ryan Sloan SP - SEA
News
	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	Ryan Sloan will open the season with Double-A Arkansas. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Righthander Ryan Sloan has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Seattle Mariners. David Leisering Sun, Mar 15th
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a win on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Michael King allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Michael King allowed four runs on three hits over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Ryan Sloan SP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#319
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#246	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#263	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Apr 24th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Ryan Sloan (2026)

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