Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	‐
VBR	# 403	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.44	4.50
WHIP	1.37	1.58

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 209	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	1

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	60.2	2.0

Wins	12	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	58	1

Earned Runs	27	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	83	1

Walks	31	2

ERA	4.01	4.50

WHIP	1.47	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	16

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	21.2	6.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	18	7

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	25	6

Walks	10	3

ERA	3.44	4.50

WHIP	1.37	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
		The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
		The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
		The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
		The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ BOS
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

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