Who Should I Trade?

Edward Cabrera for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 124	# 283
VBR	# 419	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.27	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 402

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 151	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	10

Games Started	15	8

Innings Pitched	76.0	44.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	78	40

Earned Runs	48	32

Home Runs Allowed	15	7

Strikeouts	67	48

Walks	32	27

ERA	5.68	6.55

WHIP	1.45	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	11.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said the "working plan" is to have Edward Cabrera return as a reliever. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	The Brewers released Lance McCullers Jr. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Cubs placed Edward Cabrera on the 15-day injured list with a blister. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Lance McCullers Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Brewers. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Cubs activated Edward Cabrera from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Brewers GM Matt Arnold said Lance McCullers Jr.'s next outing could take the form of a major league start. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Edward Cabrera SP - CHC			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#233
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#428
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Edward Cabrera for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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