Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	‐
VBR	# 13	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	75	‐
Wins	5	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	2.76	‐
WHIP	1.01	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	# 55

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 2	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	2

Games Started	16	2

Innings Pitched	96.2	7.1

Wins	7	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	4

Earned Runs	30	2

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	116	4

Walks	14	2

ERA	2.79	2.45

WHIP	0.91	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	62.7	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	49	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	75	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	2.76	‐

WHIP	1.01	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Tarik Skubal will take the mound for the first time for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Tarik Skubal is expected to make his debut with the Dodgers on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Detroit Tigers have traded two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers in a four-player deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	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 Tigers still expect Tarik Skubal to make his next start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

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Cade Horton for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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