Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for Jackson Rutledge (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 668	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	4.64
WHIP	1.35	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 301	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	1.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	32	6

Earned Runs	18	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	17	2

Walks	16	2

ERA	5.59	47.25

WHIP	1.66	6.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.8	12.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	16	12

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	17	11

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.19	4.64

WHIP	1.35	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
News
	The Cubs designated Drew Pomeranz for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Phillies claimed RHP Jackson Rutledge off of waivers from the Nationals and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Cubs are calling up Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Nationals designated RHP Jackson Rutledge for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Drew Pomeranz is making his way in Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Nationals recalled Jackson Rutledge from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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			Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Apr 4th				@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for Jackson Rutledge (2026)

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