Who Should I Trade?

Joe Jimenez for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 386	‐
VBR	# 839	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.32	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 391	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.12	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	1.9	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.32	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
News
	Nick Mears will undergo season-ending surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Joe Jimenez threw off the mound on Monday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Braves reliever Joe Jimenez might not pitch in 2026, as per manager Walt Weiss. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#25	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#389
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#209
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#328
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#205
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#223
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#179
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#277
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Anthony Molina
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#131
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes	#65	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Jimenez for Nick Mears (2026)

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