Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Garrett for Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 613	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	10	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.53
WHIP	1.34	1.17

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	4.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	14.54	‐

WHIP	3.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	6

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	11.1	1.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	10	1

Walks	3	0

ERA	4.29	4.53

WHIP	1.34	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	The Cubs recalled LHP Braxton Garrett from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Braxton Garrett will report to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Cubs are acquiring Braxton Garrett in a trade with the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Marlins are receiving trade interest for Braxton Garrett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Braxton Garrett is slated to start Thursday for Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC			Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Garrett for Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang (2026)

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