Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Sean Newcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 248	# 233
VBR	# 804	# 418

Projections

Strikeouts	23	24
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	3
ERA	4.61	3.75
WHIP	1.48	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	# 243

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	# 193

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	37

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	54.0	56.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	3

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	2	8

Hits Allowed	44	41

Earned Runs	28	15

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	49	55

Walks	33	20

ERA	4.67	2.41

WHIP	1.43	1.09

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	26

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	26.5	25.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	26	23

Earned Runs	14	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	23	24

Walks	12	10

ERA	4.61	3.75

WHIP	1.48	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS
News
	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	Sean Newcomb struck out four while not allowing a hit or walk over three scoreless innings in Saturday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Sean Newcomb was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Yankees with a left triceps contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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
	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL			Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs COL
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 16th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Sean Newcomb (2026)

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