Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Scott Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Scott Alexander RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.33	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 433	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Scott Alexander RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	9.39	‐

WHIP	1.70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Scott Alexander RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	1.4	‐

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	3.33	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Scott Alexander RP - KC
News
	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL			Scott Alexander RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#293	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#308	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#302	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#173	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#219	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#214	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#333
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#176	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#398
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#144
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#210	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#48
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	@ PIT	Khristian Curtis (1-0)	#315
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
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 (15-5)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Scott Alexander (2026)

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