Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Mitch Keller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	# 131
VBR	# 50	# 422

Projections

Strikeouts	72	50
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.15	4.62
WHIP	1.16	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	# 95

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 114

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 6	# 169

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 115

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	21

Games Started	19	21

Innings Pitched	111.0	113.2

Wins	11	6

Losses	6	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	91	112

Earned Runs	27	64

Home Runs Allowed	8	13

Strikeouts	134	87

Walks	26	38

ERA	2.19	5.07

WHIP	1.05	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	10	11

Innings Pitched	59.9	60.5

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	62

Earned Runs	21	31

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	72	50

Walks	16	19

ERA	3.15	4.62

WHIP	1.16	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
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	Mitch Keller allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Mitch Keller allowed three hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. 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	Mitch Keller allowed three runs on four hits over three innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Thursday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Mitch Keller allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with one strikeout in a loss on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Mitch Keller SP - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Mitch Keller (2026)

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