Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Spencer Strider (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 117	# 168
VBR	# 623	# 280

Projections

Strikeouts	15	56
Wins	1	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.57
WHIP	1.29	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 142	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	# 118

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 92	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	# 101

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 252	# 165

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	17

Games Started	8	7

Innings Pitched	39.0	59.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	33	59

Earned Runs	23	32

Home Runs Allowed	9	8

Strikeouts	46	44

Walks	20	18

ERA	5.31	4.88

WHIP	1.36	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	19

Games Started	2	11

Innings Pitched	13.1	66.1

Wins	1	4

Losses	1	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	69

Earned Runs	6	34

Home Runs Allowed	2	10

Strikeouts	15	56

Walks	5	17

ERA	4.02	4.57

WHIP	1.29	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
News
	Spencer Strider remains uncertain to pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with three strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Braves transferred Spencer Strider to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Spencer Strider will be shut down from throwing for four weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed four hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Spencer Strider underwent an MRI that didn’t show any ligament damage. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Braves right-hander Spencer Strider (elbow) will visit elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister this week. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Diamondbacks recalled Brandon Pfaadt from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL			Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Spencer Strider (2026)

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