Who Should I Trade?

Francis Pena for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 593	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.38	4.29
WHIP	1.43	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Francis Pena RP - SD
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	Francis Pena RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.6	2.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	11	2

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.38	4.29

WHIP	1.43	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Francis Pena RP - SD
News
	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	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			Francis Pena RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Francis Pena for James Karinchak (2026)

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