Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 342	‐
VBR	# 644	# 687

Projections

Strikeouts	21	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.47
WHIP	1.40	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 379	# 325

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	47.0	9.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	10	1

Hits Allowed	36	4

Earned Runs	15	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	40	8

Walks	29	5

ERA	2.87	1.86

WHIP	1.38	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.8	14.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	22	13

Earned Runs	11	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	18

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.33	4.47

WHIP	1.40	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Reds reliever Brock Burke earned his first career Sunday in a 2-1 win over the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 6th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	The Reds are acquiring Brock Burke from the Angels in a three-team trade. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Brock Burke and the Angels avoided arbitration and the lefthander will make $2.325 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
		The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brock Burke RP - CIN			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 22nd				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 24th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for James Karinchak (2026)

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