Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Jack Leiter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	‐
VBR	# 440	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.26	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 199	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 192	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 186	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	2

Games Started	15	2

Innings Pitched	80.0	7.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	4

Earned Runs	48	2

Home Runs Allowed	14	1

Strikeouts	83	4

Walks	35	2

ERA	5.40	2.45

WHIP	1.44	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	16.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.26	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Jack Leiter will make one more rehab start later this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Rangers sent Jack Leiter on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Jack Leiter will make a rehab start for Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Jack Leiter is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	The Rangers transferred RHP Jack Leiter to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#284	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#263	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Jack Leiter (2026)

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