Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Austin Love SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 10	‐
VBR	# 51	# 1085

Projections

Strikeouts	76	7
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.31	4.89
WHIP	1.13	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	16	‐

Innings Pitched	100.0	‐

Wins	10	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	66	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	117	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	2.16	‐

WHIP	0.88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	67.4	8.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	8

Earned Runs	25	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	76	7

Walks	18	4

ERA	3.31	4.89

WHIP	1.13	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Austin Love SP - STL
News
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cardinals reassigned RHP Austin Love to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd
	Zack Wheeler gave up just one run on four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven innings in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Austin Love SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#65	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#272	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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