Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	# 483	# 657

Projections

Strikeouts	18	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	4.44
WHIP	1.35	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	# 325

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	9.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	8	4

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	8

Walks	5	5

ERA	1.54	1.86

WHIP	1.11	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	13.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	11

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	16

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.84	4.44

WHIP	1.35	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Franco Aleman for James Karinchak (2026)

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