Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Justin Topa (2026)

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Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 599	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.35	3.83
WHIP	1.42	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	19.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	4	27

Earned Runs	2	17

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	8	12

Walks	5	11

ERA	1.86	8.05

WHIP	0.93	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.7	9.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	11	10

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	8

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.35	3.83

WHIP	1.42	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Justin Topa RP - KC
News
	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	The Twins released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Justin Topa allowed two earned runs on four hits while throwing 17 pitches over one inning to earn the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Mon, May 4th
	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	Justin Topa issued a walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. He struck out two across 1 2/3 innings of work in the appearance. Matthew Adam Wed, Apr 8th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Justin Topa RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Justin Topa (2026)

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