Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Spencer Strider (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	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	# 117	# 248
VBR	# 597	# 815

Projections

Strikeouts	15	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	4.68
WHIP	1.28	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 142	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 92	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	# 445

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 252	# 138

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	13

Games Started	8	7

Innings Pitched	39.0	54.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	33	44

Earned Runs	23	28

Home Runs Allowed	9	9

Strikeouts	46	49

Walks	20	33

ERA	5.31	4.67

WHIP	1.36	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	14

Games Started	2	4

Innings Pitched	13.0	26.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	11	26

Earned Runs	6	14

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	15	23

Walks	5	12

ERA	3.98	4.68

WHIP	1.28	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
News
	Spencer Strider remains uncertain to pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Braves transferred Spencer Strider to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	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
	Spencer Strider will be shut down from throwing for four weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Spencer Strider underwent an MRI that didn’t show any ligament damage. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Braves right-hander Spencer Strider (elbow) will visit elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister this week. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Braves recalled JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL			JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#298	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ MIA

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JR Ritchie for Spencer Strider (2026)

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