Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Gavin Hollowell (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gavin Hollowell RP - CHC	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 970	# 988

Projections

Strikeouts	7	8
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.52
WHIP	1.48	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 373	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Hollowell RP - CHC	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.1	4.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	6

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	4

Walks	8	4

ERA	2.51	9.64

WHIP	1.33	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Hollowell RP - CHC	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.0	7.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	8

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	8

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.47	4.52

WHIP	1.48	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Hollowell RP - CHC	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	Gavin Hollowell was placed on the 15-day injured list on Friday with right shoulder inflammation. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jul 31st	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	The Cubs have recalled right-hander Gavin Hollowell from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	The Cubs optioned Gavin Hollowell to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	The Cubs recalled Gavin Hollowell from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Cubs optioned Gavin Hollowell to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gavin Hollowell RP - CHC			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Gavin Hollowell (2026)

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