Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Zach McCambley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	‐
VBR	# 53	# 757

Projections

Strikeouts	71	12
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.17	4.51
WHIP	1.16	1.49

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	# 6	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Zach McCambley SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	4

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	117.0	4.1

Wins	12	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	6

Earned Runs	27	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	143	4

Walks	26	5

ERA	2.08	6.23

WHIP	1.02	2.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Zach McCambley SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	16

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	58.4	12.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	11

Earned Runs	21	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	71	12

Walks	15	6

ERA	3.17	4.51

WHIP	1.16	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Zach McCambley SP,RP - CIN
News
	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	The Reds recalled Zach McCambley from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	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 Reds optioned Zach McCambley to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	The Reds recalled RHP Zach McCambley from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Reds optioned Zach McCambley to Triple-A Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 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	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Zach McCambley from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Zach McCambley SP,RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Zach McCambley (2026)

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