Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Tanner Gordon (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1091

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	27
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.47
WHIP	‐	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 218

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	14

Games Started	2	5

Innings Pitched	7.1	58.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	75

Earned Runs	2	38

Home Runs Allowed	1	13

Strikeouts	4	53

Walks	2	13

ERA	2.45	5.90

WHIP	0.82	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	17

Games Started	‐	4

Innings Pitched	‐	34.9

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	3

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	41

Earned Runs	‐	21

Home Runs Allowed	‐	7

Strikeouts	‐	27

Walks	‐	9

ERA	‐	5.47

WHIP	‐	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
News
	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Tanner Gordon allowed one earned run on eight hits while striking out one over five innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Tanner Gordon allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Sunday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	Tanner Gordon allowed five earned runs on nine hits while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st
	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 Rockies activated RHP Tanner Gordon from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow 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	Tanner Gordon is expected to be activated for Tuesday’s game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Horton SP - CHC			Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
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 (11-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Tanner Gordon (2026)

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