Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Chris Sale (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	‐
VBR	# 53	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	71	‐
Wins	5	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.17	‐
WHIP	1.16	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	117.0	‐

Wins	12	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	93	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	143	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	2.08	‐

WHIP	1.02	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	58.4	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	49	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	71	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	3.17	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	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	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	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	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	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
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 16th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#218
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Chris Sale (2026)

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