Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 45	# 98
VBR	# 229	# 265

Projections

Strikeouts	59	57
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.33
WHIP	1.34	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 128

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	# 98

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 134

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 91

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 104

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	21	20

Innings Pitched	119.1	117.2

Wins	6	4

Losses	7	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	91	118

Earned Runs	43	52

Home Runs Allowed	11	9

Strikeouts	103	105

Walks	49	42

ERA	3.24	3.98

WHIP	1.17	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	11

Innings Pitched	62.3	61.4

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	58

Earned Runs	28	30

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	59	57

Walks	24	22

ERA	4.01	4.33

WHIP	1.34	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Shane Baz SP - BAL
News
	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	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out six over six innings in Monday's loss to the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on seven hits and no walks while striking out nine over 4.2 innings in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	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	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he at least kept the Orioles within shouting distance before the bullpen and bats failed to cooperate. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Shane Baz fought the zone but mostly kept the damage contained, though the lack of efficiency and run support led to a no-decision. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Shane Baz SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Shane Baz (2026)

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