Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Drew Pomeranz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 144	# 630

Projections

Strikeouts	35	18
Wins	2	1
Saves	13	0
ERA	2.88	4.11
WHIP	1.09	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	# 301

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	29.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	38	32

Earned Runs	14	18

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	65	17

Walks	11	16

ERA	2.78	5.59

WHIP	1.08	1.66

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.5	18.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	20	17

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	35	18

Walks	8	7

ERA	2.88	4.11

WHIP	1.09	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
News
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs are calling up Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Drew Pomeranz is making his way in Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Drew Pomeranz joined the Cubs on a minor-league contract. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	The Angels released Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th	Drew Pomeranz was designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs DET
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Drew Pomeranz (2026)

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