Who Should I Trade?

Jared Koenig for Joel Payamps (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 331	‐
VBR	# 630	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.88	3.16
WHIP	1.31	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 272	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 384	# 433

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.0	7.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	12	9

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	9

Walks	7	4

ERA	9.00	9.39

WHIP	2.71	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.2	2.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	6	3

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	3

Walks	2	1

ERA	3.88	3.16

WHIP	1.31	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
News
	The Brewers optioned Jared Koenig to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	The Brewers activated Jared Koenig from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Jared Koenig will be activated from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	The Brewers say Jared Koenig’s next outing may very well be back in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Jared Koenig’s next rehab outing is slated for Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL			Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#123	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, May 5th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Koenig for Joel Payamps (2026)

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