Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Cody Ponce (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	OUT

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	1

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	7.1	2.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	1

Earned Runs	2	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	4	3

Walks	2	1

ERA	2.45	3.86

WHIP	0.82	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	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	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Horton SP - CHC			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#305
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Cody Ponce (2026)

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