Who Should I Trade?

Huascar Brazoban for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - NYM	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 294	‐
VBR	# 552	# 624

Projections

Strikeouts	18	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.97	4.31
WHIP	1.40	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 309	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 272	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - NYM	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	9

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	51.2	9.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	8	1

Hits Allowed	30	4

Earned Runs	15	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	47	8

Walks	22	5

ERA	2.61	1.86

WHIP	1.01	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - NYM	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.5	12.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	10

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	15

Walks	8	7

ERA	3.97	4.31

WHIP	1.40	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - NYM	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Huascar Brazoban will open for the Mets on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Huascar Brazoban will serve as the opener on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Huascar Brazoban will open for the Mets on Saturday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Huascar Brazoban will serve as the opener for the Mets on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Huascar Brazoban will open for the Mets on Monday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - NYM			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 5th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Huascar Brazoban for James Karinchak (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation