Who Should I Trade?

Felix Bautista for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 631	# 830

Projections

Strikeouts	15	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	2.71
WHIP	1.43	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
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	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.5	3.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	2

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	15	4

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.30	2.71

WHIP	1.43	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Felix Bautista RP - BAL
News
	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Orioles GM Mike Elias said Felix Bautista will throw live batting practice next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	Orioles GM Mike Elias said that Félix Bautista is “throwing really, really well..." Ari Koslow 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	Felix Bautista will begin the bullpen phase of his throwing progression on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	Felix Bautista began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th	Felix Bautista threw for the first time on Tuesday since undergoing surgery last August. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Felix Bautista RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#237
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Felix Bautista for James Karinchak (2026)

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