Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Michel Otanez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
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	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.15
WHIP	1.42	1.62

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	1.86	‐

WHIP	0.93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.7	6.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	11	6

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	7

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.35	4.15

WHIP	1.42	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
News
	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Rangers designated RHP Michel Otañez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Otanez allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk across 2.1 innings over three Cactus League appearances. Texas optioned him to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324
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 (8-5)	#179	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 (7-10)	#62	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 (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Michel Otanez (2026)

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