Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC	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	# 779	# 671

Projections

Strikeouts	11	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.39
WHIP	1.41	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 325

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 379	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	9.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	22	4

Earned Runs	12	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	8

Walks	14	5

ERA	4.21	1.86

WHIP	1.40	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.2	16.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	14

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	11	19

Walks	6	9

ERA	4.39	4.39

WHIP	1.41	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	The Cubs have placed right-hander Ethan Roberts (forearm) on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	The Cubs recalled RHP Ethan Roberts from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Cubs optioned RHP Ethan Roberts to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	The Cubs activated Ethan Roberts from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	Ethan Roberts threw a bullpen session on Tuesday Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for James Karinchak (2026)

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