Who Should I Trade?

Edward Cabrera for Ken Waldichuk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 124	‐
VBR	# 343	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	43	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.31	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 128	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 151	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	5

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	72.1	9.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	72	7

Earned Runs	41	7

Home Runs Allowed	14	4

Strikeouts	65	8

Walks	29	6

ERA	5.10	6.75

WHIP	1.40	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	43.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	39	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.31	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Edward Cabrera is on track to return in the second week of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Ken Waldichuk underwent Tommy John surgery along with an internal brace procedure to repair a flexor tendon and UCL injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	Edward Cabrera will throw during the All-Star break, with a bullpen session expected to follow one week later. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 60-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	The Chicago Cubs are hopeful that Edward Cabrera can throw a bullpen session before the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 3rd	Ken Waldichuk will receive a second opinion after being recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Cubs placed Edward Cabrera on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell told reporters Edward Cabrera is headed to the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Ken Waldichuk was removed from Sunday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC			Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ LAD
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)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Edward Cabrera for Ken Waldichuk (2026)

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