Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 147	‐
VBR	# 373	# 687

Projections

Strikeouts	29	18
Wins	2	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.37	4.47
WHIP	1.37	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 209	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	57.2	9.2

Wins	12	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	55	4

Earned Runs	23	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	78	8

Walks	29	5

ERA	3.59	1.86

WHIP	1.46	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	14.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	21	13

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	29	18

Walks	12	8

ERA	3.37	4.47

WHIP	1.37	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
		James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
		James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
		The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, May 5th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for James Karinchak (2026)

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