Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 82	# 120
VBR	# 302	# 339

Projections

Strikeouts	20	29
Wins	1	2
Saves	9	2
ERA	3.77	3.46
WHIP	1.29	1.20

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	# 203

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 77	# 116

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 70	# 121

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 103	# 84

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 236

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	45

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	42.1

Wins	2	5

Losses	1	6

Saves	3	5

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	17	44

Earned Runs	5	21

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	19	66

Walks	6	16

ERA	2.70	4.46

WHIP	1.38	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	23.3

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	6

Hits Allowed	15	18

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	20	29

Walks	8	9

ERA	3.77	3.46

WHIP	1.29	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th
	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is not expected back until after the All Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Daniel Palencia resumed a throwing program on Monday Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia will not be re-evaluated till after the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman recorded a save as part of Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ PHI
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
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
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
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

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