Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Garrett for Cade Horton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 723	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.05	‐
WHIP	1.25	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 231	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	2

Games Started	2	2

Innings Pitched	4.1	7.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	4

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	5	4

Walks	8	2

ERA	14.54	2.45

WHIP	3.46	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	4.9	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.05	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	The Cubs optioned LHP Braxton Garrett to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Cubs recalled LHP Braxton Garrett from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Braxton Garrett will report to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Cubs are acquiring Braxton Garrett in a trade with the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	The Marlins are receiving trade interest for Braxton Garrett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Garrett for Cade Horton (2026)

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