Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 123	‐
VBR	# 281	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	28	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.27	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	2

Games Started	26	2

Innings Pitched	151.1	7.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	14	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	151	4

Earned Runs	67	2

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	135	4

Walks	52	2

ERA	3.98	2.45

WHIP	1.34	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	30.7	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 6.1 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#345	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Shane Baz (2026)

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