Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Caleb Kilian (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	‐
VBR	# 456	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	3	‐
ERA	4.10	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	2

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	44.1	7.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	6	0

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	39	4

Earned Runs	21	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	53	4

Walks	20	2

ERA	4.26	2.45

WHIP	1.33	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.10	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	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
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Cubs placed RHP Cade Horton on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Caleb Kilian (2026)

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