Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Tanner McDougal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 8	‐
VBR	# 47	# 1077

Projections

Strikeouts	75	3
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.03	5.35
WHIP	1.15	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	111.0	‐

Wins	11	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	91	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	134	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	2.19	‐

WHIP	1.05	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	4

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	61.6	3.9

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	4

Earned Runs	21	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	75	3

Walks	16	2

ERA	3.03	5.35

WHIP	1.15	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
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	Tanner McDougal is continuing to throw and build up. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	White Sox RHP prospect Tanner McDougal has resumed throwing again. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp 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
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs COL
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Tanner McDougal (2026)

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