Who Should I Trade?

Jake Woodford for Luis Gastelum (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 914	# 524

Projections

Strikeouts	1	12
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	3.97
WHIP	1.40	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 377	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	11.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	0	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	40	15

Earned Runs	21	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	23	8

Walks	7	4

ERA	7.18	7.94

WHIP	1.78	1.68

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	13.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	2	12

Earned Runs	1	6

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	1	12

Walks	1	4

ERA	4.06	3.97

WHIP	1.40	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
News
	The Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Luis Gastelum struck out two batters while allowing one hit and no walks over 1.1 scoreless innings in Sunday's 8-7 loss to Arizona. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
	The Cubs selected the contract of Jake Woodford. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Luis Gastelum allowed two earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out one batter and taking a blown save in Friday's 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th
	The Chicago Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The St. Louis Cardinals selected the contract of Luis Gastelum from Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	The Cubs are reportedly signing right-hander Jake Woodford to a big-league deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Cardinals have reassigned right-hander Luis Gastelum to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Jake Woodford has agreed to a minor-league contract with the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC			Luis Gastelum RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Woodford for Luis Gastelum (2026)

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