Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for Joe Mantiply (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 668	# 919

Projections

Strikeouts	17	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	4.21
WHIP	1.35	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 301	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	17.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	32	16

Earned Runs	18	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	17	16

Walks	16	4

ERA	5.59	2.04

WHIP	1.66	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.8	5.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	16	6

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	5

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.19	4.21

WHIP	1.35	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
News
	The Cubs designated Drew Pomeranz for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Joe Mantiply is going to have arthroscopic surgery to clean up some damage. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Cubs are calling up Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Joe Mantiply has been cleared to resume throwing this weekend. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Drew Pomeranz is making his way in Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Blue Jays placed Joe Mantiply on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Drew Pomeranz joined the Cubs on a minor-league contract. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	The Blue Jays selected the contract of Joe Mantiply. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	The Angels released Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Joe Mantiply has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Toronto Blue Jays. David Leisering Mon, Mar 23rd
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			Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for Joe Mantiply (2026)

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