Cade Horton or Ronel Blanco

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Cade Horton or Ronel Blanco Player Statistics
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	3

Games Started	2	3

Innings Pitched	7.1	14.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	11

Earned Runs	2	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	4	16

Walks	2	8

ERA	2.45	7.36

WHIP	0.82	1.30

Cade Horton or Ronel Blanco Player Projections
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	11

Games Started	24	3

Innings Pitched	129.6	29.2

Wins	9	2

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	116	24

Earned Runs	55	13

Home Runs Allowed	16	4

Strikeouts	111	26

Walks	41	10

ERA	3.80	4.03

WHIP	1.22	1.18

Cade Horton or Ronel Blanco Player Notes
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Ronel Blanco allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Ronel Blanco allowed five earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	Ronel Blanco allowed four earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out eight over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Cade Horton (forearm) is scheduled to visit specialist Dr. Keith Meister in Texas on Tuesday after his MRI results came back "not clean" and "not good." David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th	The Astros activated Ronel Blanco from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Cubs placed RHP Cade Horton on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
	Cade Horton broke through in 2025 with a 2.67 ERA and 1.09 WHIP across 118 innings, finishing second in NL Rookie of the Year voting after posting a 144 ERA+. His underlying profile was strong but not overpowering, as his 3.58 FIP and 7.4 K/9 suggest more command-and-contact management than bat-missing dominance. The 2026 projections push him closer to the mid-3.00s in ERA with a modest bump in workload, which frames Horton as a high-floor SP3/SP4. Without elite strikeout volume, his value will hinge on efficiency, wins, and ratio stability in a competitive Cubs rotation. Draft him as a steady innings stabilizer, but avoid paying for a repeat sub-2.75 ERA unless there's tangible growth in swing-and-miss. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Cade Horton or Ronel Blanco Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Horton SP - CHC			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC