Who Should I Trade?

John Means for Spencer Schwellenbach (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL	John Means SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 745	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.65	‐
WHIP	1.16	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 197	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL	John Means SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL	John Means SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	9.5	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	3.65	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL	John Means SP - KC
News
	Spencer Schwellenbach has been cleared to throw bullpen sessions. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	John Means has signed a two-year minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The lefthander is expected to miss all of 2026 recovering from a ruptured Achilles injury. David Leisering Fri, Feb 13th
	Braves manager Walt Weiss did not have an update on the status of Spencer Schwellenbach. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Spencer Schwellenbach could return to the Braves starting rotation in late August or early September. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Braves manager Walt Weiss said Friday that Spencer Schwellenbach is a "long way" from returning this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Spencer Schwellenbach is close to facing hitters in a live batting practice session. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL			John Means SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CWS
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
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

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