Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Clay Holmes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	# 141
VBR	# 464	# 296

Projections

Strikeouts	24	25
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.69	3.79
WHIP	1.42	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 98	# 204

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 116	# 153

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 116

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 219	# 91

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	13

Games Started	25	13

Innings Pitched	143.2	75.2

Wins	8	5

Losses	7	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	132	55

Earned Runs	63	19

Home Runs Allowed	22	4

Strikeouts	118	55

Walks	46	25

ERA	3.95	2.26

WHIP	1.24	1.06

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	6

Games Started	5	6

Innings Pitched	28.7	31.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	30

Earned Runs	15	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	24	25

Walks	10	12

ERA	4.69	3.79

WHIP	1.42	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
News
	Bryce Elder gave up three runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 26th	Clay Holmes tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out five in Tuesday's 5-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 26th
	Bryce Elder gave up just one run on four hits and a walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 5-3 win against the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th	Clay Holmes allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out one across 5.1 innings in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th
	Bryce Elder allowed seven runs on 10 hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th	Clay Holmes allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three across 6.2 scoreless innings in Friday's 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th
	Bryce Elder gave up one run on just one hit and two walks while striking out three across seven innings in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 6th	Clay Holmes allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out one across four innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th
	Bryce Elder allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Nationals. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	The Cubs activated RHP Clay Holmes from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL			Clay Holmes SP - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Clay Holmes (2026)

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