Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Cade Horton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 406	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	38	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.63	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 303	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 68	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	2

Games Started	16	2

Innings Pitched	91.1	7.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	4

Earned Runs	36	2

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	74	4

Walks	32	2

ERA	3.55	2.45

WHIP	1.32	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	45.6	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.63	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Brandon Young will start on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Brandon Young allowed four earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Brandon Young allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Nationals. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Brandon Young SP - BAL			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#257	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Cade Horton (2026)

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