Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Jordan Wicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Wicks SP,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	# 656	# 999

Projections

Strikeouts	10	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.48
WHIP	1.38	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 343	‐

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


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	4.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	6

Earned Runs	12	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	4

Walks	2	4

ERA	10.45	9.64

WHIP	1.94	2.14

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


Games Played	12	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	9.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	12	9

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	10	9

Walks	4	4

ERA	4.22	4.48

WHIP	1.38	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Jordan Wicks allowed three runs on four hits with one strikeout in two innings as the Cubs dropped a 5-1 decision to the Cardinals on Sunday night. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs KC
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 (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Jordan Wicks (2026)

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