Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for McCade Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	McCade Brown SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1113

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	11
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.04
WHIP	‐	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Joe Pisapia FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	McCade Brown SP - COL
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	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	3

Innings Pitched	‐	13.3

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	14

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	5.04

WHIP	‐	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	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	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
	The Cubs placed RHP Cade Horton on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Horton SP - CHC			McCade Brown SP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#216	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#203	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson		@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#43	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#148	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#105	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#50	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)	#401
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#23	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#398
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#161	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#240
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#211
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-2)	#38	@ SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#338
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#119
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#128	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#27	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#197	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#117
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#211
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#297
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-2)	#49	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#27
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#117	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#211	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#297	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#367
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#69	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#96	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (3-1)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#412	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (3-1)	#195
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#97
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#149	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#27
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#226	vs NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#106	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-4)	#72	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (4-4)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#131	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#238	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#88
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#163
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#135	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#96
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#78	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#112
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#375	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#65
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#166	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#51
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#17	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#167
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#64	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-4)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#119	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#179	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#69
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#199	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#95
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-2)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-2)	#38	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#258
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#162	vs SF	Logan Webb (2-4)	#13
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#158	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#113	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (0-1)	#145	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#108	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#423
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#81	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-6)	#61	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (2-2)	#153	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#430	vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#428	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL			vs CHC
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF			@ ATH
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL			@ CHC
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL			@ CHC
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL			@ CHC
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Jun 21st	vs TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ NYM			vs BOS
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM			vs BOS
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD			vs MIA
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL			vs SF
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL			vs SF
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL			vs SF
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN			@ SF
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN			@ SF
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN			@ SF
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET			vs WSH
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET			vs WSH
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ SD
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (4-4)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#196
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#289
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#97
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for McCade Brown (2026)

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