Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for Eric Orze (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Eric Orze RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 363
VBR	‐	# 752

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	4
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.22
WHIP	‐	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 409

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 311	# 343

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	41.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	3	4

Holds	8	7

Hits Allowed	32	42

Earned Runs	18	26

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	17	36

Walks	16	21

ERA	5.59	5.66

WHIP	1.66	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	7

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	4.5

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	4

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.22

WHIP	‐	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Eric Orze RP - MIN
News
	The Cubs designated Drew Pomeranz for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Eric Orze struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, Apr 10th
	The Cubs are calling up Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Orze posted a 3.02 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 40:19 K:BB across 41.2 innings in 33 appearances with Tampa Bay last season before being traded to Minnesota this offseason. He's struggled with his control this spring, allowing five runs over 6.2 innings with an 8:6 K:BB and a 6.75 ERA. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Drew Pomeranz is making his way in Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Drew Pomeranz joined the Cubs on a minor-league contract. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	The Angels released Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC			Eric Orze RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#227
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#217
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#265	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#217	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#211
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#306
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#398
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#174
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#247
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#314	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#141	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#122
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#45	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#259
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#247
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for Eric Orze (2026)

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