Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 6	# 40
VBR	# 73	# 243

Projections

Strikeouts	60	56
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.34	4.04
WHIP	1.16	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 38

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	# 60

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 10	# 42

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	# 31

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 16	# 71

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	# 48

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Michael King SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	22

Games Started	19	22

Innings Pitched	125.2	125.1

Wins	11	6

Losses	6	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	85	97

Earned Runs	38	47

Home Runs Allowed	13	13

Strikeouts	118	109

Walks	28	50

ERA	2.72	3.38

WHIP	0.90	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Michael King SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	10

Innings Pitched	57.4	58.5

Wins	5	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	54

Earned Runs	21	26

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	60	56

Walks	16	22

ERA	3.34	4.04

WHIP	1.16	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Michael King SP - SD
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mets. Chase Davis 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
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven in the complete-game win against the Yankees on Sunday. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed six earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 9-2 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Michael King SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#241	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Michael King for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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