Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Robbie Ray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	# 59
VBR	# 61	# 353

Projections

Strikeouts	72	59
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.15	4.50
WHIP	1.16	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	# 49

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	# 67

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	# 67

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 67

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 6	# 102

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 52

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Robbie Ray SP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	21

Games Started	19	20

Innings Pitched	111.0	116.2

Wins	11	9

Losses	6	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	91	96

Earned Runs	27	41

Home Runs Allowed	8	15

Strikeouts	134	101

Walks	26	56

ERA	2.19	3.16

WHIP	1.05	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Robbie Ray SP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	10	11

Innings Pitched	59.5	61.6

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	56

Earned Runs	21	31

Home Runs Allowed	6	9

Strikeouts	72	59

Walks	16	27

ERA	3.15	4.50

WHIP	1.16	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Robbie Ray SP - SF
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	Robbie Ray allowed six hits and two walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Saturday's 9-2 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer 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	Robbie Ray allowed three runs (one earned) off seven hits and two walks while striking out six over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Robbie Ray will start on Sunday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow 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	Robbie Ray allowed one earned run on four hits and six walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer 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	Robbie Ray allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer 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			Robbie Ray SP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#155
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Robbie Ray (2026)

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