Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Chris Sale (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 8	# 80
VBR	# 43	# 319

Projections

Strikeouts	63	33
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.16	4.22
WHIP	1.16	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	# 60

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	# 57

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	# 108

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 56

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 136

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 159

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	20	9

Innings Pitched	117.0	46.1

Wins	12	4

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	32

Earned Runs	27	17

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	143	52

Walks	26	26

ERA	2.08	3.30

WHIP	1.02	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	5

Games Started	9	5

Innings Pitched	51.7	31.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	27

Earned Runs	18	15

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	63	33

Walks	14	13

ERA	3.16	4.22

WHIP	1.16	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Carlos Rodón is scheduled to make his first rehab start Saturday in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Carlos Rodon will face live hitters at Yankee Stadium on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	Carlos Rodon could be nearing clearance for a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodon (elbow) will throw a "two-up" side session on Saturday, according to skipper Aaron Boone. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he is hopeful Carlos Rodon can throw a full bullpen this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Carlos Rodon SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 16th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Chris Sale (2026)

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