Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Sean Newcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	‐
VBR	# 415	# 652

Projections

Strikeouts	22	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.71	4.45
WHIP	1.37	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 193	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	57.2	9.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	8	1

Hits Allowed	46	4

Earned Runs	19	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	55	8

Walks	21	5

ERA	2.97	1.86

WHIP	1.16	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	James Karinchak RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	13.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	21	11

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	22	16

Walks	9	7

ERA	3.71	4.45

WHIP	1.37	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	James Karinchak RP - ATL
News
	Sean Newcomb struck out four while not allowing a hit or walk over three scoreless innings in Saturday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Sean Newcomb was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Yankees with a left triceps contusion. 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
		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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Sean Newcomb (2026)

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