Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Kohl Drake (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 806

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	14
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.77
WHIP	‐	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	2

Games Started	2	2

Innings Pitched	7.1	9.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	9

Earned Runs	2	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	4	6

Walks	2	4

ERA	2.45	5.00

WHIP	0.82	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	16.6

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	17

Earned Runs	‐	9

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	14

Walks	‐	7

ERA	‐	4.77

WHIP	‐	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
News
	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Kohl Drake allowed four runs on five hits over four innings with one strikeout and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Kohl Drake allowed one run on four hits over five innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	Kohl Drake was seen in the Diamondbacks clubhouse on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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 Diamondbacks optioned Kohl Drake to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Cubs placed RHP Cade Horton on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Kohl Drake will work in a long relief role out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Horton SP - CHC			Kohl Drake SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Kohl Drake (2026)

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