Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Miles Mikolas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 286	‐
VBR	# 862	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	31	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.27	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	SUS	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 399	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 200	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	2

Games Started	8	2

Innings Pitched	94.1	7.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	4

Earned Runs	56	2

Home Runs Allowed	20	1

Strikeouts	50	4

Walks	20	2

ERA	5.34	2.45

WHIP	1.31	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	49.5	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	57	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	5.27	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Miles Mikolas allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk over four innings in Saturday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Miles Mikolas allowed seven earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's 12-11 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 7th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Miles Mikolas will start for the Nationals in Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	The MLB has suspended Miles Mikolas five games. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Miles Mikolas allowed six earned runs on nine hits and no walks while striking out three over seven innings in Monday's loss to the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Miles Mikolas (2026)

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