Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Spencer Strider (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Spencer Strider SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 113	# 117
VBR	# 286	# 611

Projections

Strikeouts	55	18
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.11
WHIP	1.33	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	# 141

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 98	# 170

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 64	# 252

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	# 92

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 85

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Spencer Strider SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	8

Games Started	19	8

Innings Pitched	119.1	39.0

Wins	5	4

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	108	33

Earned Runs	50	23

Home Runs Allowed	14	9

Strikeouts	96	46

Walks	34	20

ERA	3.77	5.31

WHIP	1.19	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Spencer Strider SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	12	3

Innings Pitched	68.9	15.3

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	13

Earned Runs	33	7

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	55	18

Walks	20	6

ERA	4.35	4.11

WHIP	1.33	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Spencer Strider SP - ATL
News
	Michael Wacha allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 10th	Spencer Strider remains uncertain to pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	The Braves transferred Spencer Strider to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 7.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th	Spencer Strider will be shut down from throwing for four weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	Spencer Strider underwent an MRI that didn’t show any ligament damage. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Michael Wacha allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Nationals. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 17th	Braves right-hander Spencer Strider (elbow) will visit elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister this week. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Wacha SP - KC			Spencer Strider SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Spencer Strider (2026)

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