Who Should I Trade?
Will Smith for James Karinchak (2024)
See if your team wins or loses with this trade View Trade Analyzer
Experts' Pick | ||
| Will Smith RP - KC  | James Karinchak RP - CLE  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 116 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 610 | # 675 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 50 | 29 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 5 | 1 |
| ERA | 4.60 | 3.78 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 1.32 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL60 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 100 | ‐ |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 108 | ‐ |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 139 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 101 | # 337 |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 148 | ‐ |
| Will Smith RP - KC | James Karinchak RP - CLE | |
| 2024 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 9 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 8.0 | ‐ |
| Wins | 0 | ‐ |
| Losses | 2 | ‐ |
| Saves | 1 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 1 | ‐ |
| Holds | 2 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 14 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 11 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 7 | ‐ |
| Walks | 5 | ‐ |
| ERA | 12.38 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 2.38 | ‐ |
| Will Smith RP - KC | James Karinchak RP - CLE | |
| 2024 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 57 | 20 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 50.6 | 21.7 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 4 | 1 |
| Saves | 5 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 11 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 48 | 15 |
| Earned Runs | 26 | 9 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 7 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 50 | 29 |
| Walks | 20 | 12 |
| ERA | 4.60 | 3.78 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 1.32 |
| Will Smith RP - KC | James Karinchak RP - CLE | |
| News | ||
| Will Smith is reportedly the lead candidate to close games for the Royals this season. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 25th | James Karinchak has been cleared to begin his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 11th | |
| James Karinchak reported to camp with shoulder fatigue and will take a few days before beginning his throwing program. Ari Koslow Fri, Feb 16th | ||
| James Karinchak signed a one-year deal worth $1.9 million with the Guardians to avoid arbitration. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 12th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Will Smith RP - KC | James Karinchak RP - CLE | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 28th | vs MIN | Pablo Lopez (1-2) | #5 | @ OAK | Alex Wood (0-2) | #171 |
| Sat, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (0-1) | #11 | @ OAK | JP Sears (1-1) | #92 |
| Sun, Mar 31st | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (1-1) | #35 | @ OAK | Paul Blackburn (2-1) | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 1st | @ BAL | Dean Kremer (0-2) | #83 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (2-2) | #181 |
| Tue, Apr 2nd | @ BAL | Cole Irvin (1-1) | #167 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-4) | #2 |
| Wed, Apr 3rd | @ BAL | Corbin Burnes (3-0) | #6 | @ SEA | George Kirby (2-2) | #3 |
| Thu, Apr 4th | vs CWS | Michael Soroka (0-3) | #228 | @ MIN | Pablo Lopez (1-2) | #5 |
| Fri, Apr 5th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (1-0) | #176 | |||
| Sat, Apr 6th | vs CWS | Chris Flexen (0-3) | #394 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (0-1) | #11 |
| Sun, Apr 7th | vs CWS | Garrett Crochet (1-3) | #51 | |||
| Tue, Apr 9th | vs HOU | Cristian Javier (2-0) | #81 | vs CWS | Michael Soroka (0-3) | #228 |
| Wed, Apr 10th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (0-2) | #241 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (1-0) | #176 |
| Thu, Apr 11th | vs HOU | Hunter Brown (0-4) | #67 | |||
| Fri, Apr 12th | @ NYM | Luis Severino (2-2) | #95 | |||
| Sat, Apr 13th | @ NYM | Sean Manaea (1-1) | #72 | vs NYY | Cody Poteet | |
| Sun, Apr 14th | @ NYM | Jose Butto (0-0) | #225 | vs NYY | Nestor Cortes Jr. (1-1) | #33 |
| Mon, Apr 15th | @ CWS | Nick Nastrini (0-2) | #322 | @ BOS | Kutter Crawford (1-0) | #78 |
| Wed, Apr 17th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (1-0) | #176 | @ BOS | Tanner Houck (3-2) | #73 |
| Fri, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-2) | #83 | vs OAK | Joe Boyle (1-3) | #253 |
| Sat, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Corbin Burnes (3-0) | #6 | vs OAK | Alex Wood (0-2) | #171 |
| Sun, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Cole Irvin (1-1) | #167 | vs OAK | Ross Stripling (0-5) | #109 |
| Mon, Apr 22nd | vs TOR | Yusei Kikuchi (2-1) | #47 | |||
| Tue, Apr 23rd | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (0-3) | #4 | vs BOS | Tanner Houck (3-2) | #73 |
| Wed, Apr 24th | vs TOR | Yariel Rodriguez (0-0) | #89 | vs BOS | Cooper Criswell (0-1) | #318 |
| Thu, Apr 25th | vs TOR | Jose Berrios (4-0) | #32 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (3-1) | #71 |
| Fri, Apr 26th | @ DET | Reese Olson (0-3) | #104 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (2-1) | #21 |
| Sat, Apr 27th | @ DET | Casey Mize (1-0) | #117 | @ ATL | Charlie Morton (2-0) | #61 |
| Sun, Apr 28th | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (3-0) | #8 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (1-0) | #128 |
| Mon, Apr 29th | @ TOR | Yariel Rodriguez (0-0) | #89 | |||
| Tue, Apr 30th | @ TOR | Jose Berrios (4-0) | #32 | @ HOU | J.P. France (0-3) | #168 |
| Wed, May 1st | @ TOR | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, May 3rd | vs TEX | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, May 4th | vs TEX | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, May 5th | vs TEX | vs LAA | ||||
| Mon, May 6th | vs MIL | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, May 7th | vs MIL | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, May 8th | vs MIL | vs DET | ||||
| Thu, May 9th | @ LAA | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, May 10th | @ LAA | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, May 11th | @ LAA | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, May 12th | @ LAA | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, May 13th | @ SEA | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, May 14th | @ SEA | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, May 15th | @ SEA | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, May 17th | vs OAK | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, May 18th | vs OAK | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, May 19th | vs OAK | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, May 20th | vs DET | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, May 21st | vs DET | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, May 22nd | vs DET | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, May 24th | @ TB | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, May 25th | @ TB | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, May 26th | @ TB | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, May 27th | @ MIN | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, May 28th | @ MIN | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, May 29th | @ MIN | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, May 30th | @ MIN | |||||
| Fri, May 31st | vs SD | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 1st | vs SD | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 2nd | vs SD | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 4th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 5th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jun 6th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 7th | vs SEA | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 8th | vs SEA | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 9th | vs SEA | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 10th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Jun 11th | vs NYY | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jun 12th | vs NYY | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Jun 13th | vs NYY | |||||
| Fri, Jun 14th | @ LAD | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 15th | @ LAD | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 16th | @ LAD | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jun 18th | @ OAK | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 19th | @ OAK | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 20th | @ OAK | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 21st | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 22nd | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 23rd | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 24th | vs MIA | @ BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 25th | vs MIA | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 26th | vs MIA | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 27th | vs CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 28th | vs CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Jun 29th | vs CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Jun 30th | vs CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 2nd | vs TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 3rd | vs TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jul 4th | vs TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 5th | @ COL | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Jul 6th | @ COL | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Jul 7th | @ COL | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Jul 9th | @ STL | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 10th | @ STL | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 12th | @ BOS | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 13th | @ BOS | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 14th | @ BOS | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Jul 19th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 20th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 21st | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 22nd | vs ARI | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 23rd | vs ARI | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 24th | vs ARI | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 26th | vs CHC | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 27th | vs CHC | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 28th | vs CHC | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 29th | @ CWS | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 30th | @ CWS | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 31st | @ CWS | |||||
| Thu, Aug 1st | @ DET | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 2nd | @ DET | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 3rd | @ DET | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 4th | @ DET | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 5th | vs BOS | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 6th | vs BOS | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 7th | vs BOS | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 9th | vs STL | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 10th | vs STL | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 12th | @ MIN | vs CHC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 13th | @ MIN | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 14th | @ MIN | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 16th | @ CIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 17th | @ CIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 18th | @ CIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 19th | vs LAA | |||||
| Tue, Aug 20th | vs LAA | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Aug 21st | vs LAA | @ NYY | ||||
| Fri, Aug 23rd | vs PHI | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 24th | vs PHI | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Aug 25th | vs PHI | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Aug 26th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 27th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 28th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 29th | @ HOU | |||||
| Fri, Aug 30th | @ HOU | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 31st | @ HOU | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 1st | @ HOU | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 2nd | vs CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 3rd | vs CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 4th | vs CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 6th | vs MIN | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 7th | vs MIN | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 8th | vs MIN | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Sep 9th | @ NYY | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 10th | @ NYY | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 11th | @ NYY | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 13th | @ PIT | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 14th | @ PIT | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 15th | @ PIT | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, Sep 16th | vs DET | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 17th | vs DET | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 18th | vs DET | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 20th | vs SF | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 21st | vs SF | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 22nd | vs SF | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 24th | @ WSH | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 25th | @ WSH | vs CIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 26th | @ WSH | |||||
| Fri, Sep 27th | @ ATL | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Sep 28th | @ ATL | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Sep 29th | @ ATL | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Mar 29th | @ OAK | Ross Stripling (0-5) | #109 | |||
| Mon, Apr 8th | vs CWS | Tanner Banks | ||||
| Tue, Apr 16th | @ BOS | Garrett Whitlock (1-0) | #77 | |||
| Thu, Apr 18th | @ BOS | Brennan Bernardino (0-1) | #191 | |||
| Thu, May 2nd | @ HOU | |||||
| Mon, Jul 8th | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Jul 11th | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Jul 25th | vs DET | |||||
| Sun, Aug 11th | @ MIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 22nd | @ NYY | |||||
| Thu, Sep 12th | vs TB | |||||
| Thu, Sep 19th | vs MIN | |||||
