Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 8	‐
VBR	# 57	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	66	5
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.14	4.58
WHIP	1.15	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	117.0	2.0

Wins	12	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	1

Earned Runs	27	1

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	143	1

Walks	26	2

ERA	2.08	4.50

WHIP	1.02	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	17

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	54.1	5.9

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	45	6

Earned Runs	19	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	66	5

Walks	14	3

ERA	3.14	4.58

WHIP	1.15	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Chris Sale allowed only two hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday night's 1-0 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jul 28th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

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