Who Should I Trade?

Cristopher Sanchez for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	# 170
VBR	# 42	# 592

Projections

Strikeouts	70	17
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.01	4.49
WHIP	1.16	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 1	# 163

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 4	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	# 125

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	# 201

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	# 292

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	15

Games Started	22	15

Innings Pitched	138.2	83.1

Wins	13	3

Losses	4	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	139	81

Earned Runs	43	46

Home Runs Allowed	12	18

Strikeouts	157	62

Walks	28	22

ERA	2.79	4.97

WHIP	1.20	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	4

Games Started	11	4

Innings Pitched	67.7	21.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	21

Earned Runs	23	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	70	17

Walks	16	6

ERA	3.01	4.49

WHIP	1.16	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
News
	Cristopher Sanchez allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six across six innings in Sunday's 11-4 win against the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 27th	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Cristopher Sanchez gave up three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out seven across 5 1/3 innings in Monday's 10-7 win against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Cristopher Sanchez has been announced as the starter for the National League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered two runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Saturday's 4-2 win against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered nine runs on 12 hits and one walk while striking out just one batter over 3 1/3 innings in Monday's 15-1 loss to the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	Ryne Nelson told reporters he will be shut down for several weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI			Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#64	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#285	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Cristopher Sanchez for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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