Who Should I Trade?

Alexander Alberto for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 630	# 1002

Projections

Strikeouts	18	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.74
WHIP	1.43	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Alexander Alberto RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	1.86	‐

WHIP	0.93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Alexander Alberto RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.9	2.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	2

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	18	2

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.36	4.74

WHIP	1.43	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Alexander Alberto RP - TB
News
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	Alberto spent most of last season at the High-A level, posting a 2.91 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 45:17 K:BB across 34 innings. The White Sox selected him in the Rule 5 Draft in November but he did not make their Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th
	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The White Sox have placed right-hander Alexander Alberto. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	Alberto (back) was selected by Chicago in the Rule 5 Draft and is competing for a bullpen position. He has surrendered three runs with four strikeouts and two walks across five innings during spring training. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Alexander Alberto RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Alexander Alberto for James Karinchak (2026)

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