Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 682	# 887

Projections

Strikeouts	18	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.98
WHIP	1.45	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	5.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	4	5

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	6

Walks	5	2

ERA	1.86	5.40

WHIP	0.93	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.9	11.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	11

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	10

Walks	8	5

ERA	4.47	4.98

WHIP	1.45	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
		The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for James Karinchak (2026)

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