Who Should I Trade?

Angel Zerpa for Jake Woodford (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 921	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	1	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.06	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 377	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	12.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	2

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	40	16

Earned Runs	21	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	23	8

Walks	7	6

ERA	7.18	6.39

WHIP	1.78	1.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.06	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
News
	The Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Brewers transferred Angel Zerpa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Cubs selected the contract of Jake Woodford. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Angel Zerpa underwent his elbow reconstruction surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The Chicago Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Angel Zerpa will undergo Tommy John surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Cubs are reportedly signing right-hander Jake Woodford to a big-league deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Angel Zerpa is deciding whether or not to have Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	Jake Woodford has agreed to a minor-league contract with the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said there is significant concern about Angel Zerpa’s left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC			Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Zerpa for Jake Woodford (2026)

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