Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Yimi Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Yimi Garcia RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 682	# 806

Projections

Strikeouts	18	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	3.74
WHIP	1.45	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 249

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Yimi Garcia RP - TOR
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	Yimi Garcia RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.9	9.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	13	8

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	18	10

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.47	3.74

WHIP	1.45	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Yimi Garcia RP - TOR
News
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	Yimi Garcia is scheduled to throw another live batting practice again on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Yimi Garcia is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	Blue Jays reliever Yimi Garcia (elbow) is expected to get on the mound and throw a bullpen session this week. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th	Blue Jays reliever Yimi Garcia (neck) is feeling better and has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
		Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Yimi Garcia is continuing to experience neck and biceps nerve symptoms. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Yimi Garcia RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Yimi Garcia (2026)

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