Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Omar Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 652	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.45	3.96
WHIP	1.44	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Omar Cruz RP - SD
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	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	13.3	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	1

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.45	3.96

WHIP	1.44	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Omar Cruz RP - SD
News
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	Omar Cruz has signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. The deal presumably includes an invite to spring training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 14th
	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
	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Omar Cruz RP - SD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#228
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#234
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Omar Cruz (2026)

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