Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Ian Seymour (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 8	# 134
VBR	# 57	# 326

Projections

Strikeouts	66	35
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.14	4.25
WHIP	1.15	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	# 77

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 163

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 105

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 154

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Ian Seymour SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	37

Games Started	20	8

Innings Pitched	117.0	84.1

Wins	12	8

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	10

Hits Allowed	93	67

Earned Runs	27	40

Home Runs Allowed	8	13

Strikeouts	143	99

Walks	26	28

ERA	2.08	4.27

WHIP	1.02	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Ian Seymour SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	9	6

Innings Pitched	54.1	34.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	45	31

Earned Runs	19	16

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	66	35

Walks	14	11

ERA	3.14	4.25

WHIP	1.15	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Ian Seymour SP,RP - TB
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Ian Seymour allowed two runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out nine across six innings in Monday's 13-9 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez 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	Ian Seymour allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven across six innings in Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Ian Seymour will pitch in a bulk relief role for the Rays on Thursday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Ian Seymour allowed three runs on two hits and two walks while striking out four across three innings in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Ian Seymour will start on Saturday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Ian Seymour SP,RP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
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 (8-5)	#179	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
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 (7-10)	#62	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
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
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			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
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Ian Seymour (2026)

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