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Aaron Civale for Clay Holmes (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Clay Holmes SP - CHC  | Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 141 | # 273 |
| VBR | # 283 | # 652 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 24 | 9 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.77 | 4.24 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 1.27 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 204 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 153 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 91 | # 396 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 116 | # 167 |
| Clay Holmes SP - CHC | Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 13 | 25 |
| Games Started | 13 | 15 |
| Innings Pitched | 75.2 | 94.2 |
| Wins | 5 | 6 |
| Losses | 6 | 7 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 55 | 115 |
| Earned Runs | 19 | 50 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 17 |
| Strikeouts | 55 | 76 |
| Walks | 25 | 28 |
| ERA | 2.26 | 4.75 |
| WHIP | 1.06 | 1.51 |
| Clay Holmes SP - CHC | Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 5 | 10 |
| Games Started | 5 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 29.2 | 10.2 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Losses | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 28 | 10 |
| Earned Runs | 12 | 5 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 24 | 9 |
| Walks | 11 | 3 |
| ERA | 3.77 | 4.24 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 1.27 |
| Clay Holmes SP - CHC | Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Clay Holmes tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out five in Tuesday's 5-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 26th | The Cubs added Aaron Civale to their 26-man roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th | |
| Clay Holmes allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out one across 5.1 innings in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th | Aaron Civale is being traded from the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th | |
| Clay Holmes allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three across 6.2 scoreless innings in Friday's 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th | The Athletics designated RHP Aaron Civale for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th | |
| Clay Holmes allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out one across four innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th | Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 2 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th | |
| The Cubs activated RHP Clay Holmes from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th | Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Clay Holmes SP - CHC | Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli | #40 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli | #40 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas | ||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin | #211 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin | #211 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | #221 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | #221 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs LAA | Jose Soriano | #42 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano | #42 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi | #111 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi | #111 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo | #62 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo | #62 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ CLE | Parker Messick | #33 | @ CLE | Parker Messick | #33 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan | #35 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan | #35 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TB | Mason Englert | #228 | @ TB | Mason Englert | #228 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TB | Joe Boyle | #277 | @ TB | Joe Boyle | #277 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski | #91 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski | #91 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | #28 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | #28 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler | #129 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler | #129 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #4 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #4 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola | #54 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola | #54 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #11 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #11 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs NYM | Kodai Senga | #95 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga | #95 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta | #51 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta | #51 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs NYM | Tobias Myers | #157 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers | #157 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola | #54 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola | #54 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #11 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #11 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | ||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #4 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #4 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #170 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #170 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki | #75 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki | #75 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski | #223 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski | #223 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez | #281 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez | #281 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ SD | Walker Buehler | #222 | @ SD | Walker Buehler | #222 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ SD | Matt Waldron | #214 | @ SD | Matt Waldron | #214 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs ARI | Zac Gallen | #199 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen | #199 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson | #131 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson | #131 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly | #132 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly | #132 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CIN | Chase Petty | #344 | vs CIN | Chase Petty | #344 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #103 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #103 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CIN | Brady Singer | #160 | vs CIN | Brady Singer | #160 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder | #243 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder | #243 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker | #124 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker | #124 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter | #122 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter | #122 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom | #8 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom | #8 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes | #144 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes | #144 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATL | JR Ritchie | #385 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie | #385 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale | #3 | @ ATL | Chris Sale | #3 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke | #58 | @ CWS | Sean Burke | #58 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ CWS | Davis Martin | #145 | @ CWS | Davis Martin | #145 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde | #272 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde | #272 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat | #186 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat | #186 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #6 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #6 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison | #38 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison | #38 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | #226 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | #226 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng | #201 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng | #201 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert | #177 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert | #177 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski | #91 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski | #91 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | #28 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | #28 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler | #129 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler | #129 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes | #7 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes | #7 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #290 | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #290 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy | #98 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy | #98 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore | #77 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore | #77 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs ATH | Gage Jump | #87 | vs ATH | Gage Jump | #87 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #382 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #382 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn | #179 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn | #179 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs SF | Robbie Ray | #96 | vs SF | Robbie Ray | #96 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs SF | Landen Roupp | #71 | vs SF | Landen Roupp | #71 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald | vs SF | Trevor McDonald | ||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #437 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #437 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen | #414 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen | #414 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner | #436 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner | #436 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ SF | Landen Roupp | #71 | @ SF | Landen Roupp | #71 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald | @ SF | Trevor McDonald | ||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ SF | Logan Webb | #21 | @ SF | Logan Webb | #21 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen | #414 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen | #414 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner | #436 | vs COL | Ryan Feltner | #436 |
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs COL | Sean Sullivan | #429 | vs COL | Sean Sullivan | #429 |
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman | #27 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman | #27 |
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin | ||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ NYM | Kodai Senga | #95 | @ NYM | Kodai Senga | #95 |
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ NYM | Sean Manaea | #64 | @ NYM | Sean Manaea | #64 |
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta | #51 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta | #51 |
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #6 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #6 |
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison | #38 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison | #38 |
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff | ||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | Griffin Canning | #178 | vs SD | Griffin Canning | #178 |
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SD | JP Sears | #274 | vs SD | JP Sears | #274 |
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SD | Walker Buehler | #222 | vs SD | Walker Buehler | #222 |
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs STL | Andre Pallante | #290 | vs STL | Andre Pallante | #290 |
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy | #98 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy | #98 |
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore | #77 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore | #77 |
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #68 | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #68 |
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ BAL | Dean Kremer | #80 | @ BAL | Dean Kremer | #80 |
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers | #63 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers | #63 |
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ CIN | Hunter Greene | @ CIN | Hunter Greene | ||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo | #118 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo | #118 |
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott | #103 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott | #103 |
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober | #81 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober | #81 |
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley | #45 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley | #45 |
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews | #115 | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews | #115 |
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty | #108 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty | #108 |
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs DET | Framber Valdez | #46 | vs DET | Framber Valdez | #46 |
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs DET | Keider Montero | #174 | vs DET | Keider Montero | #174 |
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PIT | Jared Jones | #47 | @ PIT | Jared Jones | #47 |
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes | #7 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes | #7 |
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | #28 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | #28 |
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore | #77 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore | #77 |
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy | #89 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy | #89 |
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ STL | Dustin May | #49 | @ STL | Dustin May | #49 |
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #290 | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #290 |
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs NYY | Will Warren | #67 | vs NYY | Will Warren | #67 |
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs NYY | Max Fried | #22 | vs NYY | Max Fried | #22 |
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole | #18 | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole | #18 |
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski | #223 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski | #223 |
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs LAD | Tarik Skubal | #2 | vs LAD | Tarik Skubal | #2 |
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs LAD | Eric Lauer | #358 | vs LAD | Eric Lauer | #358 |
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease | #9 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease | #9 |
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ KC | Daniel Lynch | #202 | @ KC | Daniel Lynch | #202 |
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ KC | Seth Lugo | #107 | @ KC | Seth Lugo | #107 |
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ KC | Randy Dobnak | #435 | @ KC | Randy Dobnak | #435 |
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin | #211 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin | #211 |
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ WSH | Jackson Kent | #190 | @ WSH | Jackson Kent | #190 |
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli | #40 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli | #40 |
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore | #77 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore | #77 |
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy | #89 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy | #89 |
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins | #207 | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins | #207 |
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | Luis Castillo | #83 | vs CWS | Luis Castillo | #83 |
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs CWS | Bryan Hudson | #138 | vs CWS | Bryan Hudson | #138 |
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs CWS | Sean Newcomb | #119 | vs CWS | Sean Newcomb | #119 |
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock | #72 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock | #72 |
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SEA | Kade Anderson | #65 | @ SEA | Kade Anderson | #65 |
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SEA | Bryce Miller | #44 | @ SEA | Bryce Miller | #44 |
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly | #132 | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly | #132 |
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #76 | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | #76 |
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | #100 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | #100 |
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder | #243 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder | #243 |
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #103 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #103 |
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CIN | Chase Burns | #20 | vs CIN | Chase Burns | #20 |
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison | #38 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison | #38 |
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIL | Dustin May | #49 | vs MIL | Dustin May | #49 |
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #6 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #6 |
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | Logan Henderson | #31 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson | #31 |
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara | #61 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara | #61 |
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | #246 | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | #246 |
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ MIA | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIL | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ MIL | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ MIL | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs PIT | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs PIT | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs PIT | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATL | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATL | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIA | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIA | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIA | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ BOS | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ BOS | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ BOS | @ BOS | ||||
