Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Kevin Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 240	‐
VBR	# 397	# 593

Projections

Strikeouts	16	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.78	4.38
WHIP	1.24	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 230	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	52.0	9.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	22	1

Hits Allowed	34	4

Earned Runs	12	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	42	8

Walks	9	5

ERA	2.08	1.86

WHIP	0.83	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	13.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	17	11

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	16

Walks	4	7

ERA	3.78	4.38

WHIP	1.24	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Kevin Kelly pitched a scoreless ninth inning in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals to earn his third save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Kevin Kelly recorded his second save of the season in Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins, tossing a 1-2-3 10th inning. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 5th	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Kevin Kelly was called upon to record the final out against Blake Perkins and secured the save on five pitches, inducing a game-ending groundout to preserve a 3-2 win for the Tampa Bay Rays over the Milwaukee Brewers and earn his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 31st	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
		James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th				@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Kevin Kelly (2026)

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