Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Nestor Cortes Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Nestor Cortes Jr. SP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 248	‐
VBR	# 804	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.61	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Nestor Cortes Jr. SP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	54.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	33	‐

ERA	4.67	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Nestor Cortes Jr. SP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	26.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.61	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Nestor Cortes Jr. SP - FA
News
	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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
	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	The Braves recalled JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL			Nestor Cortes Jr. SP - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA

Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Nestor Cortes Jr. (2026)

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