Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Henry Baez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Henry Baez SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	2
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.50
WHIP	‐	1.67

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Henry Baez SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	7.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	2.45	‐

WHIP	0.82	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Henry Baez SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	3.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	4

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.50

WHIP	‐	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Henry Baez SP - ATH
News
	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	The Athletics optioned RHP Henry Baez to Double-A Midland. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	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 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
	Cade Horton SP - CHC			Henry Baez SP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Henry Baez (2026)

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