Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Garrett for Joe Musgrove (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	‐
VBR	# 391	# 723

Projections

Strikeouts	19	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.05
WHIP	1.30	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 197	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 190	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 138	# 231

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC
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
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	20.3	4.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	4

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	19	4

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.04	4.05

WHIP	1.30	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Braxton Garrett SP - CHC
News
	Joe Musgrove will make a rehab start for Triple-A El Paso on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	The Cubs optioned LHP Braxton Garrett to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
	Joe Musgrove joined the Padres to throw a bullpen session. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Cubs recalled LHP Braxton Garrett from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Joe Musgrove is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Braxton Garrett will report to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Joe Musgrove threw 53 pitches over 3 1/3 innings in his rehab start for Triple-A El Paso on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	The Cubs are acquiring Braxton Garrett in a trade with the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Joe Musgrove is making his next rehab start on Sunday at Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Marlins are receiving trade interest for Braxton Garrett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD			Braxton Garrett SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#152	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Garrett for Joe Musgrove (2026)

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