Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	# 298
VBR	# 53	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	71	‐
Wins	5	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.17	‐
WHIP	1.16	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	# 293

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 296

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	24

Games Started	20	2

Innings Pitched	117.0	25.1

Wins	12	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	28

Earned Runs	27	16

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	143	17

Walks	26	9

ERA	2.08	5.68

WHIP	1.02	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	58.4	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	49	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	71	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	3.17	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
News
	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	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	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	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin (elbow) is scheduled to be evaluated by elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister the week of July 13. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, Jun 16th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jul 28th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Keegan Akin (2026)

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