Who Should I Trade?

Chris Roycroft for Joel Payamps (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 894

Projections

Strikeouts	11	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.65
WHIP	1.32	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 433	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.2	15.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	9	23

Earned Runs	8	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	9	13

Walks	4	11

ERA	9.39	8.80

WHIP	1.70	2.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.8	17.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	11	18

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	11	14

Walks	4	8

ERA	4.21	4.65

WHIP	1.32	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
News
	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st	The Rays recalled RHP Chris Roycroft from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
		The Cardinals traded Chris Roycroft to the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
		The Cardinals designated Chris Roycroft for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
		The Cardinals optioned RHP Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
		The Cardinals optioned RHP Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL			Chris Roycroft RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (0-1)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Roycroft for Joel Payamps (2026)

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