Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Matt Gage (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Matt Gage RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 375
VBR	# 593	# 970

Projections

Strikeouts	13	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.38
WHIP	1.43	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 360

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 430

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	27.1

Wins	0	4

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	4	28

Earned Runs	2	17

Home Runs Allowed	1	6

Strikeouts	8	22

Walks	5	17

ERA	1.86	5.60

WHIP	0.93	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.4	6.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	6

Earned Runs	6	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	5

Walks	6	2

ERA	4.40	4.38

WHIP	1.43	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Matt Gage RP - SF
News
	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Giants transferred LHP Matt Gage to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Matt Gage RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#137
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

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James Karinchak for Matt Gage (2026)

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