Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 367	‐
VBR	# 685	# 682

Projections

Strikeouts	20	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	4.47
WHIP	1.45	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 422	# 325

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 348	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.0	9.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	26	4

Earned Runs	15	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	29	8

Walks	12	5

ERA	4.50	1.86

WHIP	1.27	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.7	14.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	13

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	18

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.50	4.47

WHIP	1.45	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, May 9th				@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for James Karinchak (2026)

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