Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1001	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	4.06
WHIP	1.41	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.50

WHIP	‐	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	2.8	6.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	3	7

Earned Runs	1	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	2	6

Walks	1	3

ERA	4.24	4.06

WHIP	1.41	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Brandon Waddell has been named the starter for the Mets spring training opener on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
		The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
		The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
		The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
		The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 25th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

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