Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for JP Sears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	‐
VBR	# 61	# 474

Projections

Strikeouts	72	37
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.15	4.72
WHIP	1.16	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 133

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	JP Sears SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	6

Games Started	19	5

Innings Pitched	111.0	28.0

Wins	11	3

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	91	24

Earned Runs	27	12

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	134	23

Walks	26	9

ERA	2.19	3.86

WHIP	1.05	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	JP Sears SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	59.5	44.5

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	45

Earned Runs	21	23

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	72	37

Walks	16	14

ERA	3.15	4.72

WHIP	1.16	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	JP Sears SP - SD
News
	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	JP Sears allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	JP Sears may not make his scheduled start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	JP Sears allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits over five innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Chris Sale gave up no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 11th	JP Sears will start Monday's series opener against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Chris Sale was tagged for three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out three across five-plus innings in Saturday's 14-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	JP Sears allowed three runs on six hits over 4 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			JP Sears SP - SD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#228
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for JP Sears (2026)

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