Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Jordan Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 16	‐
VBR	# 73	# 604

Projections

Strikeouts	93	23
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.47	4.20
WHIP	1.23	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 46	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 395

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	29

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	98.1	26.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	67	23

Earned Runs	28	11

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	148	30

Walks	44	18

ERA	2.56	3.71

WHIP	1.13	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	26

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	71.7	23.5

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	57	22

Earned Runs	28	11

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	93	23

Walks	29	11

ERA	3.47	4.20

WHIP	1.23	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
News
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The White Sox activated RHP Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Jordan Hicks will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The White Sox placed Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Dylan Cease allowed four earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out 10 over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Jordan Hicks walked one and struck out one over 1 1/3 scoreless innings in Monday’s win over Marlins Chris Schommer Tue, Mar 31st
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed two earned runs with four walks against eight strikeouts in a no-decision against the Astros on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 23rd	The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox. Brenton Kemp Sun, Feb 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs COL
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Jordan Hicks (2026)

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