Who Should I Trade?

Blake Treinen for Daniel Palencia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Blake Treinen RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	# 297
VBR	# 294	# 593

Projections

Strikeouts	18	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.70	4.03
WHIP	1.29	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 95	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 70	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	# 246

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 338

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Blake Treinen RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	29

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	23.0

Wins	2	4

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	17	21

Earned Runs	5	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	25

Walks	6	10

ERA	2.70	3.52

WHIP	1.38	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Blake Treinen RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.3	15.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	14	13

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	16

Walks	7	6

ERA	3.70	4.03

WHIP	1.29	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Blake Treinen RP - LAD
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Blake Treinen has resumed playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 3rd
	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Blake Treinen underwent an MRI that did not reveal any structural damage. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is not expected back until after the All Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Dodgers placed Blake Treinen on the injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Daniel Palencia resumed a throwing program on Monday Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Blake Treinen struck out two batters over a scoreless inning in Friday's 6-5 win over the Orioles. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 20th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia will not be re-evaluated till after the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Blake Treinen recorded one groundout to pick up his third win of the season against the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Blake Treinen RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
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)	#233
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ 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)	#173
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Treinen for Daniel Palencia (2026)

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