Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Sam Aldegheri (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 255	‐
VBR	# 787	# 1081

Projections

Strikeouts	15	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.75	5.18
WHIP	1.48	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 444	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	# 446

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	9

Games Started	8	6

Innings Pitched	58.0	33.2

Wins	1	3

Losses	2	4

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	48	31

Earned Runs	30	19

Home Runs Allowed	9	5

Strikeouts	53	22

Walks	36	17

ERA	4.66	5.08

WHIP	1.45	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	2	2

Innings Pitched	17.0	16.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	18

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	15	13

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.75	5.18

WHIP	1.48	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
News
	The Braves have optioned right-hander JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Sam Aldegheri has been optioned to the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Sam Aldegheri allowed three earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out two over four innings in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	The Braves recall RHP JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Sam Aldegheri allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	JR Ritchie was scratched from his scheduled start with Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Sam Aldegheri lasted just 4.2 innings on Monday and was charged with five runs on five hits - including two home runs - in a 6-1 loss to Baltimore. David Leisering Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Sam Aldegheri allowed six runs on six hits, walked three, and struck out in just three innings as the Angels dropped an 8-1 decision to the Diamondbacks. David Leisering Wed, Jun 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			Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

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JR Ritchie for Sam Aldegheri (2026)

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