Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 44	# 174
VBR	# 236	# 527

Projections

Strikeouts	67	34
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.25
WHIP	1.34	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	# 190

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 197

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	# 226

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 172

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	20	13

Innings Pitched	113.1	66.1

Wins	6	3

Losses	7	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	65

Earned Runs	42	37

Home Runs Allowed	11	6

Strikeouts	96	54

Walks	45	21

ERA	3.34	5.02

WHIP	1.16	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	13	7

Innings Pitched	70.4	43.3

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	43

Earned Runs	31	20

Home Runs Allowed	9	5

Strikeouts	67	34

Walks	27	16

ERA	3.99	4.25

WHIP	1.34	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
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	Trevor McDonald allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over seven innings in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Trevor McDonald allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits and one walk over 2 1/3 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Trevor McDonald allowed one hit while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Wednesday’s win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Trevor McDonald allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Braves. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Trevor McDonald allowed five (three earned) runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over three innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs MIL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs MIL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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