Who Should I Trade?

Brant Hurter for Trent Thornton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 315	‐
VBR	# 569	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	4.60	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 379	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 247	# 282

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	32.2	25.1

Wins	3	4

Losses	4	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	25	15

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	15	18

Walks	11	12

ERA	3.03	2.84

WHIP	1.10	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.60	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
News
	Trent Thornton played catch on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	Brant Hurter threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Trent Thornton underwent X-rays on his left heel following Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. The results came back negative for any structural damage. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Brant Hurter threw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Cubs placed Trent Thornton on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Brant Hurter threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Tigers left-hander Brant Hurter (spine) threw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Cubs signed RHP Trent Thornton to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th	Brant Hurter began a throwing progression on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 24th
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			Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Brant Hurter for Trent Thornton (2026)

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