Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	‐
VBR	# 174	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	28	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.07	4.03
WHIP	1.21	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.2	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	45	1

Walks	17	2

ERA	1.82	4.50

WHIP	1.24	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	21.3	6.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	15	7

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	28	6

Walks	10	3

ERA	3.07	4.03

WHIP	1.21	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Aroldis Chapman struck out three batters while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 4-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 6-4 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Aroldis Chapman allowed one hit and one walk over one scoreless inning to record the save in a win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 6-5 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Aroldis Chapman walked two batters over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#381	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

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