Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for George Kirby (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	‐
VBR	# 119	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	65	‐
Wins	5	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.79	‐
WHIP	1.20	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 55

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	2

Games Started	18	2

Innings Pitched	110.0	7.1

Wins	7	1

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	120	4

Earned Runs	46	2

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	98	4

Walks	24	2

ERA	3.76	2.45

WHIP	1.31	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	67.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	64	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	65	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	3.79	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	George Kirby will start Sunday's series finale against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	George Kirby allowed two runs on seven hits over eight innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Cubs placed RHP Cade Horton on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for George Kirby (2026)

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