Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Tanner McDougal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1077

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	3
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.36
WHIP	‐	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
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	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	3.9

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	4

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	5.36

WHIP	‐	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
News
	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Tanner McDougal is continuing to throw and build up. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	White Sox RHP prospect Tanner McDougal has resumed throwing again. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	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 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			Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Tanner McDougal (2026)

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