Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Brown for JR Ritchie (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 19	# 248
VBR	# 133	# 643

Projections

Strikeouts	75	25
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.68
WHIP	1.26	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 27	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 13	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 19	# 444

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 42	# 138

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	12

Games Started	8	7

Innings Pitched	40.0	50.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	30	41

Earned Runs	18	25

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	43	45

Walks	28	30

ERA	4.05	4.47

WHIP	1.45	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	4

Innings Pitched	69.0	29.6

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	29

Earned Runs	28	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	75	25

Walks	25	13

ERA	3.62	4.68

WHIP	1.26	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
News
	Hunter Brown allowed four earned runs on three hits and six walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	JR Ritchie was charged with one run on only one hit and two walks while striking out two over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's 4-3 win against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th
	Hunter Brown will start on Sunday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Hunter Brown allowed three earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out four over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Hunter Brown allowed six earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Saturday's win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Braves recalled JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Hunter Brown allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in a win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU			JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Brown for JR Ritchie (2026)

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