Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 248	‐
VBR	# 797	# 693

Projections

Strikeouts	22	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.67	4.54
WHIP	1.48	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	33

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	54.0	52.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	44	49

Earned Runs	28	26

Home Runs Allowed	9	8

Strikeouts	49	42

Walks	33	19

ERA	4.67	4.44

WHIP	1.43	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	21

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	25.6	19.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	25	20

Earned Runs	13	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	22	16

Walks	11	7

ERA	4.67	4.54

WHIP	1.48	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 16th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Ryan Watson (2026)

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