Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Ryan Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 715	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.92	4.50
WHIP	1.46	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 298	# 433

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	12

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	72.1	7.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	67	9

Earned Runs	44	8

Home Runs Allowed	16	2

Strikeouts	52	9

Walks	36	4

ERA	5.47	9.39

WHIP	1.42	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	13

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	19.2	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	20	2

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	16	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.92	4.50

WHIP	1.46	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
News
	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on two hits and five walks while striking out two over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	Ryan Johnson allowed one hit and two walks while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Ryan Johnson allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out five over 4 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th
	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on three hits and five walks while striking out one over 4 2/3 innings in Thursday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA			Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#152	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#108	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#116
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#119	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#388	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#403	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#424
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#358
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#81	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#312	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#272
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#222
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#265	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#183
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#323
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#323
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#160	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#85	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#253	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#225	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#116
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#152	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#26
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#398
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#338
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#197	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#203
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#117	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Ryan Johnson (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation