Cade Horton or Shane Smith

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Cade Horton or Shane Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	3

Games Started	2	3

Innings Pitched	7.1	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	12

Earned Runs	2	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	11

Walks	2	9

ERA	2.45	10.80

WHIP	0.82	2.52

Cade Horton or Shane Smith Player Projections
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	29

Games Started	24	29

Innings Pitched	129.6	155.7

Wins	9	8

Losses	7	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	138

Earned Runs	55	70

Home Runs Allowed	16	21

Strikeouts	111	148

Walks	41	58

ERA	3.80	4.04

WHIP	1.22	1.26

Cade Horton or Shane Smith Player Notes
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Shane Smith SP - CWS
News
	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Shane Smith is expected to miss a couple of weeks at Triple-A Charlotte due to a right rotator cuff strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th
	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	Shane Smith allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out one over three innings in Wednesday’s 10-0 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 2nd
	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	Shane Smith didn't last long Thursday, and the White Sox paid for it in a 14-2 rout, allowing three earned runs runs on three hits and two walks while striking out two over 1 2/3 innings in Thursday’s loss to Brewers. Chris Schommer Fri, Mar 27th
	The Cubs placed RHP Cade Horton on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th
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 Shane Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Horton SP - CHC			Shane Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#166	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#228	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#77
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#308	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#393	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#251
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#432	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#18	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-1)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	@ TEX
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL			vs NYY
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs NYY
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#172
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET