Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Rafael Montero (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 593	# 908

Projections

Strikeouts	16	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.38	4.29
WHIP	1.43	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
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	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.6	5.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	11	5

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	5

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.38	4.29

WHIP	1.43	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Montero (personal) joined New York as a non-roster invitee with plans to compete for a bullpen position during spring games. Visa complications have prevented him from arriving at Yankees camp. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	The New York Yankees signed Rafael Montero to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	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
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 16th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9

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James Karinchak for Rafael Montero (2026)

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