Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 375	# 630

Projections

Strikeouts	28	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.47	4.36
WHIP	1.21	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 287	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	9.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	16	1

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	49	8

Walks	23	5

ERA	2.62	1.86

WHIP	1.19	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	14.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	16	12

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	28	18

Walks	10	8

ERA	3.47	4.36

WHIP	1.21	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Alex Vesia allowed no hits while walking two and striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Rays. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Alex Vesia struck out three batters on 10 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 15th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Alex Vesia came in to face one batter to pick up the save in the win versus the Rangers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Alex Vesia was preparing to face live hitters on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for James Karinchak (2026)

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