Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	‐
VBR	# 257	# 779

Projections

Strikeouts	53	11
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.39
WHIP	1.25	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 41	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 71	# 379

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	23

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	84.0	25.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	22

Earned Runs	31	12

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	87	17

Walks	25	14

ERA	3.32	4.21

WHIP	1.08	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	16

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	52.0	13.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	12

Earned Runs	23	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	53	11

Walks	17	6

ERA	4.03	4.39

WHIP	1.25	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
News
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs have placed right-hander Ethan Roberts (forearm) on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Payton Tolle allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Cubs recalled RHP Ethan Roberts from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Payton Tolle took the loss Wednesday against the Nationals after allowing six runs on seven hits and three walks over three-plus innings. He struck out five in Boston’s 10-2 defeat. Four of the seven hits went for extra bases, including home runs by Andres Chaparro and Nasim Nunez, their first of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd	The Cubs optioned RHP Ethan Roberts to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Payton Tolle allowed one hit and two walks while striking out seven over seven scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The Cubs activated Ethan Roberts from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Payton Tolle (3-5) took the loss Sunday against the Mariners after allowing three runs on six hits and two walks over six innings. He struck out two, matching a season low. Dominic Canzone accounted for one of the runs with a solo home run in the second inning. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd	Ethan Roberts threw a bullpen session on Tuesday Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL			vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for Payton Tolle (2026)

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