Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 8	# 168
VBR	# 47	# 601

Projections

Strikeouts	75	19
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.03	4.51
WHIP	1.15	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	# 163

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 125

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 174

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 292

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	15

Games Started	19	15

Innings Pitched	111.0	83.1

Wins	11	3

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	91	81

Earned Runs	27	46

Home Runs Allowed	8	18

Strikeouts	134	62

Walks	26	22

ERA	2.19	4.97

WHIP	1.05	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	4

Games Started	11	4

Innings Pitched	61.6	23.4

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	23

Earned Runs	21	12

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	75	19

Walks	16	7

ERA	3.03	4.51

WHIP	1.15	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
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	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Ryne Nelson told reporters he will be shut down for several weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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