Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Hollowell for Josh Hader (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Gavin Hollowell RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 34	‐
VBR	# 195	# 753

Projections

Strikeouts	26	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	3.18	4.46
WHIP	1.12	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 17	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 51	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 72	# 373

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Gavin Hollowell RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	14.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	14	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	10	11

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	33	13

Walks	10	8

ERA	1.23	2.51

WHIP	0.91	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Gavin Hollowell RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	13.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	13	12

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	26	14

Walks	8	7

ERA	3.18	4.46

WHIP	1.12	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Gavin Hollowell RP - CHC
News
	Josh Hader threw a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-2 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Gavin Hollowell was placed on the 15-day injured list on Friday with right shoulder inflammation. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jul 31st
	Josh Hader issued two walks across one inning to earn the save in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Cubs have recalled right-hander Gavin Hollowell from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Josh Hader struck out two batters over 2/3 of a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Cubs optioned Gavin Hollowell to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Josh Hader struck out one batter in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cubs recalled Gavin Hollowell from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Josh Hader allowed one walk while striking out two over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Cubs optioned Gavin Hollowell to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Hader RP - HOU			Gavin Hollowell RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#342	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#140	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Hollowell for Josh Hader (2026)

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