Who Should I Trade?

Corbin Burnes for Jordan Wicks (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 566	# 668

Projections

Strikeouts	13	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.76	4.19
WHIP	1.26	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 252	# 342

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	10.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	2

Saves	‐	2

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	18

Earned Runs	‐	12

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	8

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	10.45

WHIP	‐	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	15

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	13.4	15.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	15

Earned Runs	6	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	13	13

Walks	4	5

ERA	3.76	4.19

WHIP	1.26	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Corbin Burnes restarted his throwing program. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Corbin Burnes has begun a throwing program after Friday's follow-up MRI came back clean. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Corbin Burnes will undergo an MRI on Friday to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Corbin Burnes told reporters he expects to return by September. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Arizona manager Torey Lovullo announced on Wednesday that Corbin Burnes suffered a lat strain during his Tommy John rehab and has been shut down from throwing. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 3rd	Jordan Wicks allowed three runs on four hits with one strikeout in two innings as the Cubs dropped a 5-1 decision to the Cardinals on Sunday night. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#183	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs DET
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Corbin Burnes for Jordan Wicks (2026)

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