Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Joe Ross (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Joe Ross RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 630	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.45
WHIP	1.43	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Joe Ross RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	11.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	4	16

Earned Runs	2	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	8	7

Walks	5	6

ERA	1.86	9.26

WHIP	0.93	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Joe Ross RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.9	14.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	12	15

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	11

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.36	4.45

WHIP	1.43	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Joe Ross RP - TEX
News
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	The Rangers re-signed RHP Joe Ross to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Joe Ross has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	Joe Ross was designated for assignment ahead of Monday's game at Cleveland. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th	The Rangers selected the contract of RHP Joe Ross from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
		The Rangers signed Joe Ross to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Joe Ross RP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Joe Ross (2026)

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