Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for Chris Sale (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 8	# 227
VBR	# 66	# 613

Projections

Strikeouts	66	32
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.14	4.86
WHIP	1.15	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 141

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 262

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 457

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	20	13

Innings Pitched	117.0	71.0

Wins	12	1

Losses	6	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	86

Earned Runs	27	53

Home Runs Allowed	8	15

Strikeouts	143	59

Walks	26	27

ERA	2.08	6.72

WHIP	1.02	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	8

Games Started	9	8

Innings Pitched	54.1	38.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	40

Earned Runs	19	21

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	66	32

Walks	14	14

ERA	3.14	4.86

WHIP	1.15	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Andrew Painter allowed two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's 6-4 loss to the Orioles. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st
	Chris Sale allowed only two hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday night's 1-0 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	Andrew Painter is expected to be recalled to start on Friday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	The Phillies optioned Andrew Painter to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Andrew Painter allowed five runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's 6-0 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 13th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Andrew Painter surrendered six runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Andrew Painter SP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#77	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 25th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#289
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for Chris Sale (2026)

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