Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Wantz for Julian Merryweather (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 804	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.92	‐
WHIP	1.50	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	14.73	‐

WHIP	2.18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.92	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	The Cubs sent RHP Andrew Wantz outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Cubs designated Andrew Wantz for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	The Cubs selected the contract of Andrew Wantz. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	The Cubs signed RHP Andrew Wantz to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	Andrew Wantz has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Wantz for Julian Merryweather (2026)

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