Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Kodai Senga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kodai Senga SP,RP - NYM	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	# 258
VBR	# 351	# 1021

Projections

Strikeouts	18	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.07	4.61
WHIP	1.40	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 126	# 444

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 443	# 138

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kodai Senga SP,RP - NYM	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	14

Games Started	8	8

Innings Pitched	52.0	58.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	9	2

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	52	48

Earned Runs	45	30

Home Runs Allowed	13	9

Strikeouts	62	53

Walks	36	36

ERA	7.79	4.66

WHIP	1.69	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kodai Senga SP,RP - NYM	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	7

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	16.4	7.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	14	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	18	7

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.07	4.61

WHIP	1.40	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kodai Senga SP,RP - NYM	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
News
	Kodai Senga allowed one earned run on two hits and a walk in Wednesday's 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres, recording his fourth consecutive save. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	The Braves have optioned right-hander JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Kodai Senga allowed no hits or walks while striking out two in the ninth inning of Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals, recording his third save of August. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th	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
	Kodai Senga allowed one hit and hit a batter while striking out one in a scoreless ninth inning during Friday’s 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals, picking up his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th	The Braves recall RHP JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Kodai Senga allowed three earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out four across four innings in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st	JR Ritchie was scratched from his scheduled start with Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Kodai Senga is starting on Friday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kodai Senga SP,RP - NYM			JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#252
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

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JR Ritchie for Kodai Senga (2026)

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