Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Shane Drohan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 8	# 205
VBR	# 47	# 288

Projections

Strikeouts	75	44
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.03	4.07
WHIP	1.15	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 8	# 126

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	21

Games Started	19	11

Innings Pitched	111.0	82.0

Wins	11	5

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	91	75

Earned Runs	27	32

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	134	82

Walks	26	23

ERA	2.19	3.51

WHIP	1.05	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	8

Innings Pitched	61.6	45.6

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	42

Earned Runs	21	21

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	75	44

Walks	16	17

ERA	3.03	4.07

WHIP	1.15	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL
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	Shane Drohan allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer 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	Shane Drohan allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Saturday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Shane Drohan will start on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	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	Shane Drohan allowed three earned runs on five hits while striking out six through 6 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Pirates. 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	Shane Drohan allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday’s 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, May 25th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jun 16th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Shane Drohan (2026)

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