Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Will Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 44	‐
VBR	# 236	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	67	1
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	3.77
WHIP	1.34	1.26

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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	13	1

Innings Pitched	70.4	1.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	1

Earned Runs	31	1

Home Runs Allowed	9	0

Strikeouts	67	1

Walks	27	1

ERA	3.99	3.77

WHIP	1.34	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 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			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#201
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#187	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#230
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#239	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#436	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#424	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#159
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#291	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#408
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#271	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#239	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#436	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#424
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#206	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#160	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#187	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#258
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#386
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#187
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#271
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#188	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#155	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#336
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#245	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#175	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#209	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#309	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#291
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#436
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#271
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#229	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#271
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#352
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#164
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#204
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#203
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#352
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#172
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Will Johnston (2026)

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