Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Patrick Sandoval (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Clay Holmes SP - CHC	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 141	‐
VBR	# 296	# 445

Projections

Strikeouts	25	25
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.79	4.21
WHIP	1.40	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 204	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 153	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	# 443

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 116	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Clay Holmes SP - CHC	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	8

Games Started	13	8

Innings Pitched	75.2	39.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	52

Earned Runs	19	20

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	55	41

Walks	25	18

ERA	2.26	4.54

WHIP	1.06	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Clay Holmes SP - CHC	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	7

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	31.1	27.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	27

Earned Runs	13	13

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	25	25

Walks	12	12

ERA	3.79	4.21

WHIP	1.40	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Clay Holmes SP - CHC	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS
News
	Clay Holmes allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out one across 5.1 innings in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	Patrick Sandoval allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Clay Holmes allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three across 6.2 scoreless innings in Friday's 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th	Patrick Sandoval allowed seven earned runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out six over four innings in Sunday's 8-3 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Clay Holmes allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out one across four innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th	Patrick Sandoval allowed two earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th
	The Cubs activated RHP Clay Holmes from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Patrick Sandoval allowed two earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	Clay Holmes will take the hill for the Chicago Cubs against the Kansas City Royals Saturday according to Taylor McGregor. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Patrick Sandoval allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Clay Holmes SP - CHC			Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, Jun 21st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Patrick Sandoval (2026)

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