Who Should I Trade?

Christian MacLeod for JR Ritchie (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 259	‐
VBR	# 771	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.60	5.45
WHIP	1.45	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 444	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	54.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	33	‐

ERA	4.67	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	19.5	1.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	2

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	17	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.60	5.45

WHIP	1.45	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
News
	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Twins reassigned LHP Christian MacLeod to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	JR Ritchie was charged with one run on only one hit and two walks while striking out two over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's 4-3 win against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th
	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	The Braves recalled JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL			Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Christian MacLeod for JR Ritchie (2026)

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