Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Hoby Milner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hoby Milner RP - CHC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 344	‐
VBR	# 638	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.14	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 306	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 388	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hoby Milner RP - CHC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	35.2	2.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	34	1

Earned Runs	14	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	18	3

Walks	9	1

ERA	3.53	3.86

WHIP	1.21	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hoby Milner RP - CHC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.14	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hoby Milner RP - CHC	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	Hoby Milner began a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Cubs left-hander Hoby Milner (appendicitis) is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Hoby Milner is on track to return in early August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Hoby Milner underwent emergency appendectomy surgery and will miss the next 4-to-6 weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	The Cubs placed Hoby Milner on the 15-day IL with appendicitis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hoby Milner RP - CHC			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#257
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Hoby Milner (2026)

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