Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Keegan Akin (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 255	# 300
VBR	# 785	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.72	‐
WHIP	1.47	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 444	# 295

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	# 296

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	24

Games Started	8	2

Innings Pitched	58.0	25.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	48	28

Earned Runs	30	16

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	53	17

Walks	36	9

ERA	4.66	5.68

WHIP	1.45	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	17.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.72	‐

WHIP	1.47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
News
	The Braves have optioned right-hander JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	JR Ritchie allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's 4-2 win against the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	The Braves recall RHP JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	JR Ritchie was scratched from his scheduled start with Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin (elbow) is scheduled to be evaluated by elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister the week of July 13. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
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			Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Jun 16th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

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JR Ritchie for Keegan Akin (2026)

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