Who Should I Trade?

Cade Povich for Jameson Taillon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Cade Povich SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 159	# 392
VBR	# 354	# 657

Projections

Strikeouts	48	15
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.77	4.55
WHIP	1.30	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 185	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 159	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	# 419

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 146	# 447

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Cade Povich SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	4

Games Started	14	3

Innings Pitched	72.0	19.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	70	19

Earned Runs	43	11

Home Runs Allowed	22	4

Strikeouts	65	12

Walks	25	7

ERA	5.38	5.12

WHIP	1.32	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Cade Povich SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	10	2

Innings Pitched	59.4	16.7

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	17

Earned Runs	31	8

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	48	15

Walks	16	6

ERA	4.77	4.55

WHIP	1.30	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Cade Povich SP - BAL
News
	Jameson Taillon allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six across 4.1 innings in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Cade Povich is expected to join the Orioles’ taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Cubs activated Jameson Taillon from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Orioles activated Cade Povich from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon will be activated early next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Cade Povich is continuing his rehab assignment with Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	Cade Povich threw 43 pitches in his first rehab start on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon could go on a rehab assignment this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Cade Povich is starting a rehab assignment on Sunday with Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC			Cade Povich SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Povich for Jameson Taillon (2026)

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