Who Should I Trade?

Ian Hamilton for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 285	‐
VBR	# 457	# 838

Projections

Strikeouts	20	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.04	3.78
WHIP	1.33	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 215	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 343	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	4.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	39	6

Earned Runs	16	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	43	4

Walks	12	3

ERA	3.18	7.71

WHIP	1.13	1.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	6.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	18	6

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	7

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.04	3.78

WHIP	1.33	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
News
	Arizona's bullpen heading into Opening Day consists entirely of right-handed pitchers, and Ginkel and Juan Morillo have been tasked with handling tough left-handed hitters. Ginkel's career splits are nearly identical against both sides (.312 OBP vs. righties, .311 vs. lefties), though in 2025 he was more effective against lefties, posting a 90 OPS+ against them compared to 137 OPS+ when facing right-handed hitters. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th	The Braves sent RHP Ian Hamilton outright to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters that he’s not locked into a particular closer to open the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	Ian Hamilton was designated for assignment following Thursday's loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th	Ian Hamilton was recalled by the Braves ahead of Wednesday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Kevin Ginkel to a one-year, $2.725 million deal to avoid arbitration. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 9th	The Braves sent RHP Ian Hamilton outright to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
		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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI			Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Hamilton for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

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