Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 599	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.49
WHIP	1.42	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	1.86	‐

WHIP	0.93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	13.7	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	11	3

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.35	4.49

WHIP	1.42	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
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 (8-5)	#179	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SF
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 (7-10)	#62	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
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
Thu, Sep 17th				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
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for James Karinchak (2026)

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