Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Zack Littell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Littell SP,RP - ARI	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 183	‐
VBR	# 791	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.57	‐
WHIP	1.21	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 215	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 205	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 278	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 141	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Littell SP,RP - ARI	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	2

Games Started	14	2

Innings Pitched	124.1	7.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	136	4

Earned Runs	72	2

Home Runs Allowed	30	1

Strikeouts	73	4

Walks	39	2

ERA	5.21	2.45

WHIP	1.41	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Littell SP,RP - ARI	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	4.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.21	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Littell SP,RP - ARI	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Zack Littell was designated for assignment ahead of Sunday's game against the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 23rd	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Diamondbacks have signed veteran right-hander Zack Littell. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Nationals released RHP Zack Littell. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Nationals designated Zack Littell for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Zack Littell allowed four earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over 6.2 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 5th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Littell SP,RP - ARI			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Zack Littell (2026)

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