Who Should I Trade?

Blake Snell for Chris Sale (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	# 66
VBR	# 57	# 172

Projections

Strikeouts	82	57
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.22	3.44
WHIP	1.17	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	# 81

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	# 71

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	# 80

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 74

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 48

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 412

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Blake Snell SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	1

Games Started	18	1

Innings Pitched	105.0	3.0

Wins	10	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	6

Earned Runs	24	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	123	5

Walks	25	2

ERA	2.06	12.00

WHIP	1.06	2.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Blake Snell SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	9

Games Started	12	9

Innings Pitched	68.4	46.0

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	36

Earned Runs	24	18

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	82	57

Walks	18	20

ERA	3.22	3.44

WHIP	1.17	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Blake Snell SP - LAD
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	Blake Snell will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Blake Snell will begin a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Blake Snell will face hitters on Saturday in a live batting practice session. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Blake Snell is scheduled to throw another bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Blake Snell threw 15 pitches during a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Blake Snell SP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Snell for Chris Sale (2026)

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