James Karinchak or Steven Cruz

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James Karinchak or Steven Cruz Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	9

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	50.2	9.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	44	4

Earned Runs	25	2

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	54	8

Walks	19	5

ERA	4.44	1.86

WHIP	1.24	0.93

James Karinchak or Steven Cruz Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	39	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.6	25.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	36	21

Earned Runs	20	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	37	30

Walks	17	14

ERA	4.48	4.33

WHIP	1.33	1.39

James Karinchak or Steven Cruz Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Steven Cruz threw a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Steven Cruz struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 7-6 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Steven Cruz struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
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James Karinchak or Steven Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#252
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU