Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 10	‐
VBR	# 46	# 900

Projections

Strikeouts	74	5
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.26	3.82
WHIP	1.12	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	# 301

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	‐

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


Games Played	16	31

Games Started	16	0

Innings Pitched	100.0	29.0

Wins	10	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	66	32

Earned Runs	24	18

Home Runs Allowed	11	7

Strikeouts	117	17

Walks	22	16

ERA	2.16	5.59

WHIP	0.88	1.66

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


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	65.2	6.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	53	5

Earned Runs	24	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	74	5

Walks	17	2

ERA	3.26	3.82

WHIP	1.12	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
News
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cubs designated Drew Pomeranz for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs are calling up Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Drew Pomeranz is making his way in Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	Drew Pomeranz joined the Cubs on a minor-league contract. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Zack Wheeler gave up just one run on four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven innings in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 27th	The Angels released Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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