Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Caden Dana SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	‐
VBR	# 55	# 868

Projections

Strikeouts	63	16
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.26	5.00
WHIP	1.12	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	105.0	‐

Wins	10	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	73	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	126	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	2.49	‐

WHIP	0.91	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	55.6	18.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	18

Earned Runs	20	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	63	16

Walks	15	9

ERA	3.26	5.00

WHIP	1.12	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Caden Dana SP - LAA
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up no runs on one hit with three strikeouts over two innings in Sunday's 8-0 win against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	The Angels say Caden Dana is still bothered by fatigue related to mono. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (illness) has been transferred from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	The Angels have optioned right-hander Caden Dana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (mono) is progressing towards facing live hitters. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Caden Dana is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
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 Wheeler SP - PHI			Caden Dana SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th				vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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