Who Should I Trade?

Calvin Faucher for Daniel Palencia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Calvin Faucher RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 84	# 365
VBR	# 308	# 543

Projections

Strikeouts	16	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	7	1
ERA	3.75	4.06
WHIP	1.32	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 87	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 70	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 116	# 344

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 396

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Calvin Faucher RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	47

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	46.2

Wins	2	5

Losses	1	5

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	0	5

Holds	0	13

Hits Allowed	17	39

Earned Runs	5	24

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	50

Walks	6	30

ERA	2.70	4.63

WHIP	1.38	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Calvin Faucher RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.6	17.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	7	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	13	16

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	18

Walks	6	8

ERA	3.75	4.06

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Calvin Faucher RP - MIA
News
	Daniel Palencia will pitch for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Calvin Faucher allowed no earned runs despite issuing three walks while recording his first save of the season in Wednesday’s 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th
	Daniel Palencia is on track to begin a rehab assignment the week of August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Calvin Faucher lost his arbitration hearing against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sat, Feb 14th
	Daniel Palencia could be cleared to throw live batting practice soon. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Calvin Faucher RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94

Who Should I Trade?

Calvin Faucher for Daniel Palencia (2026)

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