Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Jordan Wicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 105	‐
VBR	# 255	# 652

Projections

Strikeouts	53	9
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	4.32
WHIP	1.31	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 88	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 104	# 346

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 140	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	4

Games Started	22	2

Innings Pitched	114.0	10.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	126	18

Earned Runs	71	12

Home Runs Allowed	26	1

Strikeouts	116	8

Walks	39	2

ERA	5.61	10.45

WHIP	1.45	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	54.9	11.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	11

Earned Runs	27	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	53	9

Walks	16	4

ERA	4.46	4.32

WHIP	1.31	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Aaron Nola allowed just one run on five hits and three walks while striking out four across 5 2/3 innings in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Aaron Nola allowed five runs on seven hits while striking out four across 5 1/3 innings against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Aaron Nola allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six across six-plus innings in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 17th	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola will start on Thursday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Aaron Nola gave up two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Friday's 10-2 loss to the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Jordan Wicks allowed three runs on four hits with one strikeout in two innings as the Cubs dropped a 5-1 decision to the Cardinals on Sunday night. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#266	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

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Aaron Nola for Jordan Wicks (2026)

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