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Bryce Elder for Jordan Wicks (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Bryce Elder SP - ATL  | Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 126 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 360 | # 711 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 80 | 24 |
| Wins | 6 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.47 | 4.19 |
| WHIP | 1.40 | 1.36 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 94 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 154 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 36 | ‐ |
| Bryce Elder SP - ATL | Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 1 |
| Games Started | 12 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 72.0 | 4.1 |
| Wins | 4 | 0 |
| Losses | 3 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 56 | 9 |
| Earned Runs | 20 | 8 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 5 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 61 | 5 |
| Walks | 22 | 1 |
| ERA | 2.50 | 16.62 |
| WHIP | 1.08 | 2.31 |
| Bryce Elder SP - ATL | Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 19 | 16 |
| Games Started | 17 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 96.1 | 28.1 |
| Wins | 6 | 1 |
| Losses | 6 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 98 | 28 |
| Earned Runs | 48 | 13 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 12 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 80 | 24 |
| Walks | 32 | 9 |
| ERA | 4.47 | 4.19 |
| WHIP | 1.40 | 1.36 |
| Bryce Elder SP - ATL | Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Bryce Elder gave up six runs (five earned) on nine hits and one walk while striking out just one over 3 1/3 innings in Wednesday's 8-0 loss to the Red Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th | Jordan Wicks allowed eight runs on nine hits in 4.1 innings on Tuesday as the Cubs were routed by the Pirates, 12-1. David Leisering Wed, May 27th | |
| Bryce Elder allowed just one run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Friday's 5-4 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 23rd | Jordan Wicks has been named Tuesday’s starter for the Cubs against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th | |
| Bryce Elder allowed three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out three over eight innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 17th | The Cubs recalled Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | |
| Bryce Elder will make his next start on Saturday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th | The Cubs activated Jordan Wicks from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th | |
| Bryce Elder allowed no runs on one hit and four walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 7-2 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 11th | Jordan Wicks will open the season on the injured list but could return to game action by mid-April. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 24th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Bryce Elder SP - ATL | Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #110 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #202 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #200 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #218 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #44 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #94 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #115 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #71 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #118 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #44 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #47 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #59 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #339 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #371 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #132 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #165 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #178 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #202 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #89 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #168 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #165 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #134 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #300 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #26 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #66 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #250 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #94 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #398 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #6 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ LAD | Blake Snell (0-1) | #58 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #79 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #134 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #143 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #55 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #138 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #84 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #145 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #366 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #135 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #149 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #17 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #119 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #77 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #207 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #121 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #202 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #179 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #89 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #185 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #84 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #339 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #117 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #151 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #232 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs TOR | Austin Voth | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 | |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #87 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #64 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #96 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ NYM | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ NYM | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ NYM | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs SF | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs SF | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs MIL | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs MIL | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs MIL | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ SD | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ SD | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ SD | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ SF | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ SF | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ SF | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs NYM | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs NYM | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs NYM | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ STL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ STL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ STL | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs TEX | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs TEX | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs TEX | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs SD | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ BAL | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ BAL | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ BAL | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ NYM | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ NYM | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ NYM | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs WSH | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs WSH | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs WSH | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs WSH | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIA | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIA | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ NYY | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ NYY | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ NYY | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs NYM | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs NYM | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs ARI | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs ARI | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs ARI | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ MIL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ MIL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ MIL | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs LAD | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs LAD | @ ARI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs LAD | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ WSH | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ WSH | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ PHI | @ MIA | ||||
| 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 (3-3) | #88 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #203 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
