Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Liam Hendriks (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Liam Hendriks RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 157	‐
VBR	# 438	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.58	‐
WHIP	1.16	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 287	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Liam Hendriks RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	67	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	53.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	20	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	67	‐

Walks	31	‐

ERA	2.87	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Liam Hendriks RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	4.5	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	3.58	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Liam Hendriks RP - FA
News
	Alex Vesia allowed no hits while walking two and striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Rays. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th	The Cubs released RHP Liam Hendriks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Alex Vesia struck out three batters on 10 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 15th	Liam Hendriks threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Alex Vesia came in to face one batter to pick up the save in the win versus the Rangers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th	Liam Hendriks has signed a minor-league deal with the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	Alex Vesia was preparing to face live hitters on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th	The Twins have granted reliver Liam Hendriks his release. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 20th
		Liam Hendriks (elbow) threw live batting practice on Monday - the first time he's faced hitters since undergoing surgery on his right elbow last September. David Leisering Mon, Feb 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD			Liam Hendriks RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#394
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#387
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#195
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#294
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#390
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#230
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#319
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#281
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#94
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#309
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#202
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#258
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#168
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#247
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Liam Hendriks (2026)

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