Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	‐
VBR	# 180	# 632

Projections

Strikeouts	31	18
Wins	2	1
Saves	12	0
ERA	3.00	4.39
WHIP	1.21	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	9.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	24	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	25	4

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	42	8

Walks	17	5

ERA	1.87	1.86

WHIP	1.25	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.2	15.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	13

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	31	18

Walks	10	8

ERA	3.00	4.39

WHIP	1.21	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 6-4 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Aroldis Chapman allowed one hit and one walk over one scoreless inning to record the save in a win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 6-5 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Aroldis Chapman walked two batters over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters on 13 pitches in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th				@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for James Karinchak (2026)

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