Who Should I Trade?

Ian Hamilton for Justin Slaten (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 257	‐
VBR	# 426	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	3.87
WHIP	1.26	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 126	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	4.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	16	0

Hits Allowed	31	6

Earned Runs	14	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	35	4

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.61	7.71

WHIP	1.35	1.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.3	9.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	2

Hits Allowed	18	9

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	21	10

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.78	3.87

WHIP	1.26	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
News
	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th	The Braves sent RHP Ian Hamilton outright to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	Ian Hamilton was designated for assignment following Thursday's loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	Ian Hamilton was recalled by the Braves ahead of Wednesday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	The Braves sent RHP Ian Hamilton outright to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th	Ian Hamilton has been designated for assignment by the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. Didier Fuentes has been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett to take his spot on the Braves' roster. David Leisering Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS			Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 9th				@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#227	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#353	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Hamilton for Justin Slaten (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation