Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 176	# 259
VBR	# 729	# 754

Projections

Strikeouts	13	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.67
WHIP	1.44	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	# 444

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	# 138

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	14	7

Innings Pitched	70.1	54.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	69	44

Earned Runs	40	28

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	57	49

Walks	23	33

ERA	5.12	4.67

WHIP	1.31	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	14

Games Started	2	3

Innings Pitched	15.8	23.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	23

Earned Runs	8	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	13	21

Walks	6	10

ERA	4.35	4.67

WHIP	1.44	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
News
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	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
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Trevor McDonald left his start early on Monday due to a right elbow injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF			JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#150	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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