Who Should I Trade?

Jameson Taillon for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 159
VBR	# 23	# 382

Projections

Strikeouts	90	44
Wins	6	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.95	4.79
WHIP	1.11	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 185

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	# 159

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 182

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 146

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	21	13

Innings Pitched	115.1	67.2

Wins	9	2

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	65

Earned Runs	47	39

Home Runs Allowed	11	20

Strikeouts	138	59

Walks	26	23

ERA	3.67	5.19

WHIP	1.06	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	13	10

Innings Pitched	76.9	55.2

Wins	6	3

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	55

Earned Runs	25	29

Home Runs Allowed	7	10

Strikeouts	90	44

Walks	20	15

ERA	2.95	4.79

WHIP	1.11	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC
News
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Cubs activated Jameson Taillon from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon will be activated early next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon could go on a rehab assignment this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Jameson Taillon is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Tuesday Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Jameson Taillon SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jameson Taillon for Paul Skenes (2026)

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