Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Tyler Kinley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 333	‐
VBR	# 550	# 986

Projections

Strikeouts	19	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.77
WHIP	1.36	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 281	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 365	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.1	20.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	11	1

Hits Allowed	32	19

Earned Runs	18	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	38	15

Walks	16	16

ERA	4.23	4.43

WHIP	1.25	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.3	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	16	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	7

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.37	4.77

WHIP	1.36	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Tyler Kinley (paternity) has rejoined the Braves ahead of Friday's game in St. Louis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Braves placed Tyler Kinley on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Tyler Kinley (elbow) will return from the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Tyler Kinley (elbow) was placed on the 15-day IL on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Tyler Kinley is heading back to the Atlanta Braves on a one-year deal with a $5.5 million club option in 2027. The righthander will earn $4.25 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Tyler Kinley (2026)

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