Who Should I Trade?

Dean Kremer for Jordan Wicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dean Kremer SP - BAL	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 209	‐
VBR	# 323	# 652

Projections

Strikeouts	50	9
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.24
WHIP	1.33	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 346

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 108	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dean Kremer SP - BAL	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	4

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	32.0	10.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	18

Earned Runs	18	12

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	34	8

Walks	8	2

ERA	5.06	10.45

WHIP	1.19	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dean Kremer SP - BAL	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	55.8	10.8

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	11

Earned Runs	28	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	50	9

Walks	18	3

ERA	4.49	4.24

WHIP	1.33	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dean Kremer SP - BAL	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Dean Kremer will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Dean Kremer allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday's win over Houston. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Dean Kremer will start for the Orioles on Friday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Dean Kremer allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 9th	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Dean Kremer allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Wednesday's win over the White Sox. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dean Kremer SP - BAL			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Dean Kremer for Jordan Wicks (2026)

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