Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Cade Horton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	OUT

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Joe Pisapia FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	7.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	2.45	‐

WHIP	0.82	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


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Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Cade Horton (forearm) is scheduled to visit specialist Dr. Keith Meister in Texas on Tuesday after his MRI results came back "not clean" and "not good." David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th
	The Cubs placed RHP Cade Horton on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Horton SP - CHC			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#215	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#203	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#306
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (2-1)	#424
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#155	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#53
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#22	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#222
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-2)	#47	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#18
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#148
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#129	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#188	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-4)	#420
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#220	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#307	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#93	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#416	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#22
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-4)	#76	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-4)	#420
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#22
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#236	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#18	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (1-2)	#34
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#181	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#190	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#95
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-2)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#125
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#163	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162	@ BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#194
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#114	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (0-1)	#150	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83	vs BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#194
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-1)	#7
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF			vs NYY
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF			vs NYY
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF			vs NYY
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL			@ BOS
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL			@ BOS
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Jun 21st	vs TOR			@ CHC
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD			vs NYM
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL			@ SF
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN			@ SD
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN			vs CWS
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET			vs TB
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET			vs TB
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs TB
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL			@ WSH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#206
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Cade Horton (2026)

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