Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 170	‐
VBR	# 623	# 671

Projections

Strikeouts	20	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.56	4.39
WHIP	1.34	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	9

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	83.1	9.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	81	4

Earned Runs	46	2

Home Runs Allowed	18	1

Strikeouts	62	8

Walks	22	5

ERA	4.97	1.86

WHIP	1.24	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	20

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	24.5	16.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	14

Earned Runs	12	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	20	19

Walks	7	9

ERA	4.56	4.39

WHIP	1.34	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Ryne Nelson told reporters he will be shut down for several weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	Ryne Nelson was diagnosed with a partially torn flexor on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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