Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Keider Montero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 187	# 248
VBR	# 485	# 643

Projections

Strikeouts	28	25
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.68
WHIP	1.37	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 320	# 444

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	# 138

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	12

Games Started	15	7

Innings Pitched	100.2	50.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	5	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	76	41

Earned Runs	36	25

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	70	45

Walks	22	30

ERA	3.22	4.47

WHIP	0.97	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	3	4

Innings Pitched	35.9	29.6

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	29

Earned Runs	18	15

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	28	25

Walks	11	13

ERA	4.49	4.68

WHIP	1.37	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
News
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Keider Montero allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings while earning the win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	The Braves recalled JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed four earned runs in five innings while taking the loss on Saturday against the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET			JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Keider Montero (2026)

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