Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Sean Burke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 42	# 83
VBR	# 244	# 261

Projections

Strikeouts	51	54
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.34
WHIP	1.34	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	# 97

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	# 78

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 112

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	# 87

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 60

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	23	18

Innings Pitched	130.1	124.1

Wins	6	7

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	102	100

Earned Runs	50	42

Home Runs Allowed	14	13

Strikeouts	114	140

Walks	54	37

ERA	3.45	3.04

WHIP	1.20	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	53.5	52.9

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	49

Earned Runs	24	25

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	51	54

Walks	20	21

ERA	4.01	4.34

WHIP	1.34	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS
News
	Michael King allowed three runs on five hits over five innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Sean Burke allowed three hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Michael King has been pushed back to start Monday's series opener against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Sean Burke allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out 10 over six innings in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Sean Burke allowed two hits and one walk while striking out five over 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Sean Burke will start on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Sean Burke allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out nine over seven innings in a win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Sean Burke (2026)

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