Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 631

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	15
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.30
WHIP	‐	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 325

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	9.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	1	4

Earned Runs	1	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	3	8

Walks	1	5

ERA	3.86	1.86

WHIP	0.86	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	16

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	12.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	11

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	15

Walks	‐	7

ERA	‐	4.30

WHIP	‐	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#257	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#208	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for James Karinchak (2026)

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