Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Cole Irvin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 8	‐
VBR	# 55	# 1071

Projections

Strikeouts	66	2
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.13	5.04
WHIP	1.16	1.65

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	117.0	6.0

Wins	12	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	8

Earned Runs	27	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	143	5

Walks	26	3

ERA	2.08	9.00

WHIP	1.02	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	5

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	53.9	3.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	4

Earned Runs	19	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	66	2

Walks	14	1

ERA	3.13	5.04

WHIP	1.16	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Dodgers have designated left-hander Cole Irvin for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Cole Irvin allowed six earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st
	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	The Dodgers have recalled left-hander Cole Irvin from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Brenton Kemp 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	Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Cole Irvin (2026)

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