Who Should I Trade?

Adam Macko for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Adam Macko SP,RP - TEX	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 357	‐
VBR	# 757	# 593

Projections

Strikeouts	10	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.40
WHIP	1.48	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 329	# 325

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 402	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Adam Macko SP,RP - TEX	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	9.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	24	4

Earned Runs	12	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	8

Walks	10	5

ERA	4.91	1.86

WHIP	1.55	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Adam Macko SP,RP - TEX	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.1	11.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	10

Earned Runs	5	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	10	13

Walks	5	6

ERA	4.36	4.40

WHIP	1.48	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Adam Macko SP,RP - TEX	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Adam Macko is being traded to the Texas Rangers. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Adam Macko was optioned back to Triple-A ahead of Friday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 31st	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Blue Jays recalled Adam Macko from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	The Blue Jays optioned Adam Macko to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Blue Jays recalled Adam Macko from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Adam Macko SP,RP - TEX			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Adam Macko for James Karinchak (2026)

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