Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Mason Black (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 259	‐
VBR	# 763	# 1102

Projections

Strikeouts	17	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.62	5.17
WHIP	1.46	1.54

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	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	54.0	17.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	44	18

Earned Runs	28	7

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	49	15

Walks	33	11

ERA	4.67	3.57

WHIP	1.43	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	19.1	10.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	11

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	17	8

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.62	5.17

WHIP	1.46	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	JR Ritchie was scratched from his scheduled start with Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	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 Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
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			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

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