Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for Jason Adam (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jason Adam RP - SD	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 202	‐
VBR	# 605	# 784

Projections

Strikeouts	11	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.33
WHIP	1.27	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 192	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 215	# 380

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 363	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jason Adam RP - SD	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	32.1	25.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	30	22

Earned Runs	9	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	22	17

Walks	8	14

ERA	2.51	4.21

WHIP	1.18	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jason Adam RP - SD	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	11.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	9	11

Earned Runs	5	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	11	10

Walks	4	5

ERA	3.62	4.33

WHIP	1.27	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jason Adam RP - SD	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
News
	Jason Adam does not have a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Cubs have placed right-hander Ethan Roberts (forearm) on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	The Padres placed Jason Adam on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Cubs recalled RHP Ethan Roberts from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Jason Adam earned his second save of the season on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Cubs optioned RHP Ethan Roberts to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Jason Adam got the final out to earn the save for the Padres against the Rockies on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th	The Cubs activated Ethan Roberts from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Jason Adam is scheduled to face hitters on Tuesday in a simulated game. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th	Ethan Roberts threw a bullpen session on Tuesday Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jason Adam RP - SD			Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for Jason Adam (2026)

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