Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Dylan Lee (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Lee RP - ATL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 145	‐
VBR	# 303	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	27	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.24	4.86
WHIP	1.12	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 158	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 158	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 232	‐

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


Games Played	48	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	46.2	2.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	19	0

Hits Allowed	27	1

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	59	1

Walks	8	2

ERA	2.12	4.50

WHIP	0.75	1.50

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


Games Played	25	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	23.0	7.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	19	7

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	27	6

Walks	6	3

ERA	3.24	4.86

WHIP	1.12	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Lee RP - ATL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Dylan Lee pitched around a two-out single in the top of the ninth and earned his third win of the season when Ozzie Albies hit a walk-off, two-run homer in the home half on Saturday in Atlanta's victory over Milwaukee. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Dylan Lee has been reinstated from the paternity list. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 29th	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Braves placed LHP Dylan Lee on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Dylan Lee has won his arbitration hearing against the Atlanta Braves and will make $2.2 million in 2026. The Braves filed at $2 million. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
		The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Lee RP - ATL			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#38	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Dylan Lee (2026)

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