Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Zach Brzykcy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 275	‐
VBR	# 606	# 1085

Projections

Strikeouts	20	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.56	4.85
WHIP	1.35	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 394	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 167	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	2

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	79.2	3.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	3

Earned Runs	48	1

Home Runs Allowed	17	0

Strikeouts	64	2

Walks	25	2

ERA	5.42	3.00

WHIP	1.62	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	14

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	10.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	10

Earned Runs	12	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	20	9

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.56	4.85

WHIP	1.35	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
News
	The Cubs added Aaron Civale to their 26-man roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Marlins optioned Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Aaron Civale is being traded from the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th	The Marlins recalled Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Athletics designated RHP Aaron Civale for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Marlins optioned RHP Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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 Marlins recalled Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Zach Brzykcy was optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville by the Miami Marlins on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC			Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Zach Brzykcy (2026)

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