Who Should I Trade?

Dustin May for Edward Cabrera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dustin May SP - MIL	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 87	# 124
VBR	# 243	# 482

Projections

Strikeouts	29	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	4.17
WHIP	1.33	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	IL15

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 60	# 159

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 102	# 151

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 95	# 85

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 119	# 73

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dustin May SP - MIL	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	15

Games Started	25	15

Innings Pitched	124.1	76.0

Wins	6	5

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	119	78

Earned Runs	63	48

Home Runs Allowed	9	15

Strikeouts	118	67

Walks	42	32

ERA	4.56	5.68

WHIP	1.29	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dustin May SP - MIL	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	30.1	12.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	11

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	29	12

Walks	11	5

ERA	4.08	4.17

WHIP	1.33	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dustin May SP - MIL	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC
News
	Dustin May was diagnosed with a right scapula contusion after X-rays came back negative. Diego Sandoval Wed, Aug 26th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said the "working plan" is to have Edward Cabrera return as a reliever. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Dustin May left Wednesday's start in the first inning after being hit in the back by a comebacker. Diego Sandoval Wed, Aug 26th	The Cubs placed Edward Cabrera on the 15-day injured list with a blister. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Dustin May allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out one over two innings in Wednesday's loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	Edward Cabrera developed a blister on his right middle finger during his start Sunday, but he is optimistic he’ll be able to make his next start. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Dustin May allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over seven innings in Wednesday's loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	Edward Cabrera allowed seven runs on six hits and three walks while striking out two across 3.2 innings in Sunday's 11-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th
	Dustin May allowed two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Thursday’s 5-2 win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	The Cubs activated Edward Cabrera from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dustin May SP - MIL			Edward Cabrera SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ BOS
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Dustin May for Edward Cabrera (2026)

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