Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Karson Milbrandt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	‐
VBR	# 59	# 861

Projections

Strikeouts	72	10
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.15	4.62
WHIP	1.16	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	111.0	‐

Wins	11	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	91	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	134	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	2.19	‐

WHIP	1.05	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	2

Innings Pitched	59.9	11.8

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	11

Earned Runs	21	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	72	10

Walks	16	6

ERA	3.15	4.62

WHIP	1.16	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
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	The Marlins are promoting RHP prospect Karson Milbrandt to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	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
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	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
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Mon, May 25th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Karson Milbrandt (2026)

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