Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Spencer Strider (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 8	# 124
VBR	# 66	# 744

Projections

Strikeouts	68	13
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.13	3.99
WHIP	1.15	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	# 145

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	# 103

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 92

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 205

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 252

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Spencer Strider SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	8

Games Started	20	8

Innings Pitched	117.0	39.0

Wins	12	4

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	33

Earned Runs	27	23

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	143	46

Walks	26	20

ERA	2.08	5.31

WHIP	1.02	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Spencer Strider SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	4

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	55.8	11.3

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	10

Earned Runs	19	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	68	13

Walks	15	4

ERA	3.13	3.99

WHIP	1.15	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Spencer Strider SP - ATL
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Spencer Strider is reportedly unlikely to pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Spencer Strider remains uncertain to pitch again this season. 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	The Braves transferred Spencer Strider to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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	Spencer Strider will be shut down from throwing for four weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Spencer Strider underwent an MRI that didn’t show any ligament damage. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
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			Spencer Strider SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Spencer Strider (2026)

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