Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 260

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 311	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	35

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	29.0	36.2

Wins	2	3

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	8	7

Hits Allowed	32	27

Earned Runs	18	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	17	25

Walks	16	21

ERA	5.59	2.45

WHIP	1.66	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Cubs designated Drew Pomeranz for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	PJ Poulin is on track to return at some point in September. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	The Cubs are calling up Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Nationals transferred PJ Poulin to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Drew Pomeranz is making his way in Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Drew Pomeranz joined the Cubs on a minor-league contract. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
	The Angels released Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 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			PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for PJ Poulin (2026)

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