Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Shane Bieber (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 132	# 258
VBR	# 506	# 1021

Projections

Strikeouts	10	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.61
WHIP	1.31	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 195	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 161	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 93	# 444

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 390	# 138

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	14

Games Started	11	8

Innings Pitched	55.2	58.0

Wins	5	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	56	48

Earned Runs	28	30

Home Runs Allowed	10	9

Strikeouts	44	53

Walks	24	36

ERA	4.53	4.66

WHIP	1.44	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	7

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	12.6	7.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	7

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	10	7

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.40	4.61

WHIP	1.31	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
News
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Shane Bieber has been shut down from throwing for at least two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Braves have optioned right-hander JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Blue Jays placed RHP Shane Bieber on the 15-day injured list with right teres major inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th	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
	Shane Bieber allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out seven over seven innings in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	The Braves recall RHP JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Shane Bieber allowed five earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th	JR Ritchie was scratched from his scheduled start with Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Shane Bieber allowed four earned runs on one hit and six walks over 2/3 of an innings in Tuesday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR			JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#252
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

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JR Ritchie for Shane Bieber (2026)

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