Who Should I Trade?

Chris Martin for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 292	‐
VBR	# 523	# 649

Projections

Strikeouts	14	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.86	4.36
WHIP	1.24	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 436	# 325

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 209	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.0	9.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	25	4

Earned Runs	14	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	9	8

Walks	2	5

ERA	9.00	1.86

WHIP	1.93	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	14.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	15	12

Earned Runs	6	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	17

Walks	3	8

ERA	3.86	4.36

WHIP	1.24	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Martin RP - TEX	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Chris Martin threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Chris Martin has been sent to Triple-A Round Rock for a rehab assignment as he deals with right shoulder impingement. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Rangers placed Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	The Rangers have activated right-hander Chris Martin (shoulder) from the Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	Rangers reliever Chris Martin (shoulder) is expected to pitch again on Wednesday and should only need a couple of outings before returning, according to manager Skip Schumaker. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Martin RP - TEX			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#38
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Martin for James Karinchak (2026)

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