Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for Sean Newcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 233	‐
VBR	# 418	# 773

Projections

Strikeouts	24	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.74	4.48
WHIP	1.37	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	# 380

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 193	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	23

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	56.0	25.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	41	22

Earned Runs	15	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	55	17

Walks	20	14

ERA	2.41	4.21

WHIP	1.09	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.3	11.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	23	11

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	24	10

Walks	10	5

ERA	3.74	4.48

WHIP	1.37	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
News
	Sean Newcomb struck out four while not allowing a hit or walk over three scoreless innings in Saturday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	The Cubs have placed right-hander Ethan Roberts (forearm) on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Sean Newcomb was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Yankees with a left triceps contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Cubs recalled RHP Ethan Roberts from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
		The Cubs optioned RHP Ethan Roberts to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
		The Cubs activated Ethan Roberts from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
		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
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS			Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for Sean Newcomb (2026)

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