Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Dobbins for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	‐
VBR	# 60	# 491

Projections

Strikeouts	65	22
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.28	4.45
WHIP	1.12	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 8	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 331

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	7

Games Started	17	4

Innings Pitched	103.0	33.2

Wins	10	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	72	34

Earned Runs	29	14

Home Runs Allowed	13	4

Strikeouts	123	32

Walks	23	11

ERA	2.53	3.74

WHIP	0.92	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	16

Games Started	10	4

Innings Pitched	57.7	29.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	30

Earned Runs	21	14

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	65	22

Walks	15	10

ERA	3.28	4.45

WHIP	1.12	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	The Cardinals optioned Hunter Dobbins to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	Hunter Dobbins allowed zero earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings in Wednesday's win over the Angels. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	The Cardinals recalled Hunter Dobbins from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	Hunter Dobbins to start Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#266	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Dobbins for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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