Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for JR Ritchie (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 234	# 258
VBR	# 419	# 958

Projections

Strikeouts	22	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.26
WHIP	1.39	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 254	# 138

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	# 444

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	14

Games Started	15	8

Innings Pitched	71.2	58.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	79	48

Earned Runs	49	30

Home Runs Allowed	11	9

Strikeouts	65	53

Walks	31	36

ERA	6.15	4.66

WHIP	1.53	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	6

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	22.3	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	22	6

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.34	4.26

WHIP	1.39	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
News
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed one earned run on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th	The Braves have optioned right-hander JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed five hits and two walks while striking out six over seven scoreless innings in Thursday's win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	JR Ritchie allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's 4-2 win against the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	The Braves recall RHP JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over four innings in Sunday's 12-3 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	JR Ritchie was scratched from his scheduled start with Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in Tuesday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA			JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#184	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#99	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#267	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#34	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#267	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#150
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#146	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#66	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#146	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#98	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#199
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#136	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#199	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#184	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#199	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#136
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Wed, Jul 1st				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for JR Ritchie (2026)

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