Doug Nikhazy or Joey Cantillo

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Doug Nikhazy or Joey Cantillo Player Statistics
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	1

Games Started	30	0

Innings Pitched	148.0	2.0

Wins	9	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	141	1

Earned Runs	65	1

Home Runs Allowed	17	0

Strikeouts	162	1

Walks	78	2

ERA	3.95	4.50

WHIP	1.48	1.50

Doug Nikhazy or Joey Cantillo Player Projections
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	42	18

Games Started	20	3

Innings Pitched	130.5	26.9

Wins	7	1

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	115	27

Earned Runs	56	17

Home Runs Allowed	16	5

Strikeouts	136	25

Walks	55	14

ERA	3.88	5.76

WHIP	1.31	1.52

Doug Nikhazy or Joey Cantillo Player Notes
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Joey Cantillo allowed four earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out three over 2.1 innings in Monday's 6-4 loss to the Orioles. Matthew Adam Tue, Sep 8th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Joey Cantillo allowed nine runs (four earned) on nine hits and two walks while striking out six over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's 11-0 loss to the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Thu, Sep 3rd	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Joey Cantillo allowed two earned runs on two hits and seven walks while striking out one over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Friday's 9-1 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 22nd	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on one hit and three walks while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Padres. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 16th	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
	Walks are the big issue for Cantillo, who could provide immense strikeout upside. The Guardians organization routinely gets the best out of their pitchers, so I am gambling on the best case scenario with this live arm. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Doug Nikhazy or Joey Cantillo Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#150
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#126	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#176
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#327
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#146	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#366
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#77	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#363
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#396
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#396
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#288	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#155	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#288	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#115	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#335	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#195	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#321	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#242	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#330
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#309
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#77	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#258
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#295	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#236	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#158
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#388	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#391	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#84
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#333	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#330	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#133	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#240	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#335
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#277
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#115	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#158	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#288	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#335
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#234
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99