Who Should I Trade?

J.P. France for JR Ritchie (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 259	‐
VBR	# 757	# 1004

Projections

Strikeouts	21	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.67	4.75
WHIP	1.46	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 444	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	3

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	54.0	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	44	6

Earned Runs	28	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	49	4

Walks	33	5

ERA	4.67	8.10

WHIP	1.43	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	12

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	23.5	5.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	5

Earned Runs	12	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	21	4

Walks	10	2

ERA	4.67	4.75

WHIP	1.46	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
News
	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	J.P. France has been sent down to Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 20th
	JR Ritchie was charged with one run on only one hit and two walks while striking out two over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's 4-3 win against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	The Astros designated J.P. France for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Astros recalled J.P. France. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	J.P. France is returning to Seattle to re-join the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Braves recalled JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Astros optioned RHP J.P. France to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL			J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Tue, Jun 16th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

J.P. France for JR Ritchie (2026)

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