Who Should I Trade?

Adrian Houser for Cade Horton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Adrian Houser SP,RP - SF	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 256	‐
VBR	# 985	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.72	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 324	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 180	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Adrian Houser SP,RP - SF	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	2

Games Started	16	2

Innings Pitched	109.2	7.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	110	4

Earned Runs	49	2

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	75	4

Walks	34	2

ERA	4.02	2.45

WHIP	1.31	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Adrian Houser SP,RP - SF	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	8.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	4.72	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Adrian Houser SP,RP - SF	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Adrian Houser was forced from Tuesday’s game against the Reds with an arm injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Adrian Houser allowed four hits and two walks while striking out three over five scoreless innings in Wednesday's win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Adrian Houser allowed two hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Adrian Houser allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Friday's win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters on Saturday that Adrian Houser will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	Cade Horton (forearm) is scheduled to visit specialist Dr. Keith Meister in Texas on Tuesday after his MRI results came back "not clean" and "not good." David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Adrian Houser SP,RP - SF			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#309	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Bryan King		@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (1-1)	#155	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

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Adrian Houser for Cade Horton (2026)

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