Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for JR Ritchie (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Austin Love SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 259	‐
VBR	# 781	# 901

Projections

Strikeouts	20	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.64	4.96
WHIP	1.47	1.58

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 444	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	54.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	33	‐

ERA	4.67	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	23.3	9.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	10

Earned Runs	12	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	8

Walks	10	5

ERA	4.64	4.96

WHIP	1.47	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Austin Love SP - STL
News
	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cardinals reassigned RHP Austin Love to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	JR Ritchie was charged with one run on only one hit and two walks while striking out two over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's 4-3 win against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th
	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	The Braves recalled JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL			Austin Love SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for JR Ritchie (2026)

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