Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Zac Gallen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	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	# 159	# 258
VBR	# 562	# 834

Projections

Strikeouts	10	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.26
WHIP	1.38	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 86	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 217	# 444

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 231	# 138

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	14

Games Started	19	8

Innings Pitched	98.0	58.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	123	48

Earned Runs	72	30

Home Runs Allowed	18	9

Strikeouts	61	53

Walks	31	36

ERA	6.61	4.66

WHIP	1.57	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	6

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	12.8	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	6

Earned Runs	6	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	10	6

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.54	4.26

WHIP	1.38	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
News
	Zac Gallen threw 45 pitches in a bridge camp game in Arizona on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Braves have optioned right-hander JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Zac Gallen will face hitters in a simulated game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	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
	Zac Gallen threw a 33-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Braves recall RHP JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Zac Gallen has progressed to throwing out to 120 feet. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	JR Ritchie was scratched from his scheduled start with Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Diamondbacks transferred Zac Gallen to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI			JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Sun, Aug 30th				vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23

Who Should I Trade?

JR Ritchie for Zac Gallen (2026)

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