Who Should I Trade?

Brandyn Garcia for Trent Thornton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 317	# 351
VBR	# 673	# 544

Projections

Strikeouts	17	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.60	3.73
WHIP	1.38	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	# 389

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 247	# 314

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.0	24.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	11

Hits Allowed	20	12

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	13	28

Walks	10	6

ERA	2.40	1.82

WHIP	1.00	0.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.0	22.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	5

Hits Allowed	23	21

Earned Runs	12	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	17	22

Walks	8	10

ERA	4.60	3.73

WHIP	1.38	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
News
	The Cubs placed Trent Thornton on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Brandyn Garcia struck out one batter in 1/3 of an inning in the Diamondbacks’ 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 24th
	Trent Thornton has agreed to a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. The righthander will receive an invite to Spring Training as part of the deal. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th	The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Brandyn Garcia from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	The Cubs signed RHP Trent Thornton to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th	The Diamondbacks optioned LHP Brandyn Garcia to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
		Brandyn Garcia is expected to return to the mound for Wednesday's spring training game against the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC			Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandyn Garcia for Trent Thornton (2026)

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