Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Chris Sale (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	# 131
VBR	# 55	# 330

Projections

Strikeouts	78	50
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.21	4.69
WHIP	1.17	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	# 145

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 117

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 116

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 88

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	15

Games Started	18	15

Innings Pitched	105.0	81.0

Wins	10	7

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	79

Earned Runs	24	41

Home Runs Allowed	8	13

Strikeouts	123	60

Walks	25	22

ERA	2.06	4.56

WHIP	1.06	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	11

Innings Pitched	65.7	60.8

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	61

Earned Runs	23	32

Home Runs Allowed	7	11

Strikeouts	78	50

Walks	18	15

ERA	3.21	4.69

WHIP	1.17	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
News
	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	Bailey Ober allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over four innings in Wednesday’s 10-6 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Friday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th
	Chris Sale gave up no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 11th	Bailey Ober will start on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Chris Sale was tagged for three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out three across five-plus innings in Saturday's 14-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	Bailey Ober allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Guardians. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th
	Chris Sale gave up two runs (one earned) on eight hits and one walk while striking out 10 over six innings in Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	The Twins activated Bailey Ober from the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Bailey Ober SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Chris Sale (2026)

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