Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Walbert Urena (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 756	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	43	7
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.69	4.44
WHIP	1.56	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 94	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	1

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	81.1	2.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	61	1

Earned Runs	26	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	78	1

Walks	46	2

ERA	2.88	4.50

WHIP	1.32	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	18

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	52.3	8.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	51	8

Earned Runs	27	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	43	7

Walks	27	4

ERA	4.69	4.44

WHIP	1.56	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Walbert Urena will start for the Angels on Tuesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Walbert Urena allowed one hit and five walks while striking out three over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Walbert Urena allowed one earned run on one hit and four walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Walbert Urena allowed seven earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five over 4 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Walbert Urena allowed four hits in five scoreless innings on Saturday as the Angels blanked the Athletics, 7-0. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Walbert Urena (2026)

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