Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Dylan Cease (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 16	‐
VBR	# 72	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	82	6
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.43	4.00
WHIP	1.22	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	1

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	2.0

Wins	7	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	75	1

Earned Runs	31	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	167	1

Walks	48	2

ERA	2.46	4.50

WHIP	1.09	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	18

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	63.8	6.8

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	50	7

Earned Runs	24	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	82	6

Walks	25	3

ERA	3.43	4.00

WHIP	1.22	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Dylan Cease allowed one hit and three walks while striking out 12 over nine innings in Saturday's win over the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits across six innings while taking the loss against the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#259	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#149	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

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Doug Nikhazy for Dylan Cease (2026)

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