Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Freddy Peralta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 47	‐
VBR	# 204	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	61	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.07	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 51	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 23	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	2

Games Started	22	2

Innings Pitched	113.2	7.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	119	4

Earned Runs	61	2

Home Runs Allowed	17	1

Strikeouts	113	4

Walks	48	2

ERA	4.83	2.45

WHIP	1.47	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	59.7	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	52	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	4.07	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Freddy Peralta allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three across four innings in Sunday's 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Freddy Peralta allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Cubs have reportedly shown interest in Freddy Peralta. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Freddy Peralta allowed two earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Freddy Peralta allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Freddy Peralta (2026)

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