Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Chris Sale (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 8	‐
VBR	# 55	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	66	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.13	‐
WHIP	1.16	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	# 55

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	2

Games Started	20	2

Innings Pitched	117.0	7.1

Wins	12	1

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	4

Earned Runs	27	2

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	143	4

Walks	26	2

ERA	2.08	2.45

WHIP	1.02	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	53.9	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	66	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	3.13	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Chris Sale allowed only two hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday night's 1-0 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	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
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
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
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				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
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
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Chris Sale (2026)

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