Who Should I Trade?

Brandyn Garcia for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 229	‐
VBR	# 385	# 599

Projections

Strikeouts	18	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.72	4.35
WHIP	1.43	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 390	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 314	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.0	9.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	13	1

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	36	8

Walks	7	5

ERA	2.03	1.86

WHIP	0.81	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.4	13.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	2

Hits Allowed	16	11

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	16

Walks	8	7

ERA	3.72	4.35

WHIP	1.43	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Brandyn Garcia pitched a clean inning for the save on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Brandyn Garcia earned the save on Wednesday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Brandyn Garcia struck out one batter in 1/3 of an inning in the Diamondbacks’ 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 24th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Brandyn Garcia from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Diamondbacks optioned LHP Brandyn Garcia to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#229	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, Aug 30th				vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Brandyn Garcia for James Karinchak (2026)

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