Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 147	‐
VBR	# 370	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	27	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.32	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 162	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 142	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	2

Games Started	26	2

Innings Pitched	129.0	7.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	12	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	144	4

Earned Runs	78	2

Home Runs Allowed	23	1

Strikeouts	132	4

Walks	45	2

ERA	5.44	2.45

WHIP	1.47	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	30.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.32	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Reds. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed two earned runs on two hits and one walk while striking out six over 5.1 innings in Friday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over 3.2 innings in Monday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

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