Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Ethan Roberts (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 703	# 709

Projections

Strikeouts	12	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.32
WHIP	1.43	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 381	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	12.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	22	10

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	10

Walks	14	3

ERA	4.21	3.00

WHIP	1.40	1.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	9

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	13.3	11.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	11

Earned Runs	6	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	12	11

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.35	4.32

WHIP	1.43	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
News
	The Cubs have placed right-hander Ethan Roberts (forearm) on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	The Cubs recalled RHP Ethan Roberts from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	The Cubs optioned RHP Ethan Roberts to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	The Cubs activated Ethan Roberts from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Ethan Roberts threw a bullpen session on Tuesday Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st				@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Ethan Roberts (2026)

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