Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Tyler Ferguson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 368	# 623

Projections

Strikeouts	24	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.52	4.20
WHIP	1.22	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 287	# 398

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	37.0	14.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	17	3

Hits Allowed	19	13

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	52	17

Walks	25	2

ERA	2.68	6.14

WHIP	1.19	1.02

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.9	15.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	14	13

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	24	15

Walks	9	7

ERA	3.52	4.20

WHIP	1.22	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
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 recalled Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Tyler Ferguson will serve as the 27th man in Wednesday's doubleheader against the Mets. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Alex Vesia came in to face one batter to pick up the save in the win versus the Rangers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th	The Cubs recalled Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Alex Vesia was preparing to face live hitters on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th	The Cubs optioned RHP Tyler Ferguson to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
		The Cubs have called up right-hander Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD			Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Tyler Ferguson (2026)

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