Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Wikelman Gonzalez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 8	‐
VBR	# 57	# 828

Projections

Strikeouts	66	11
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.14	4.62
WHIP	1.15	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	117.0	‐

Wins	12	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	93	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	143	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	2.08	‐

WHIP	1.02	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	15

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	54.1	11.4

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	10

Earned Runs	19	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	66	11

Walks	14	6

ERA	3.14	4.62

WHIP	1.15	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Gonzalez (back) surrendered three earned runs on five hits and six walks across 3.1 innings during his first three spring outings. Last Tuesday marked his most recent Cactus League appearance, with a back issue keeping him off the field since then. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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	Wikelman Gonzalez was removed from Tuesday’s spring training game against the Padres with lower back tightness. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	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
	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
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 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			Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
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 (14-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
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 (8-5)	#179	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
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 (7-10)	#62	@ 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 (11-5)	#5
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 28th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Wikelman Gonzalez (2026)

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