Who Should I Trade?

Cody Bradford for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 419	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.11	4.66
WHIP	1.22	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.50

WHIP	‐	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	17

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	23.3	5.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	5

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.11	4.66

WHIP	1.22	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Cody Bradford could be activated from the injured list to start on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Cody Bradford had his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Cody Bradford worked three scoreless innings in his rehab start for Double-A Frisco on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Cody Bradford is making his next rehab start on Saturday for Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Cody Bradford threw 21 pitches over one inning in his rehab start on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Bradford for Doug Nikhazy (2026)

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