Who Should I Trade?

Jameson Taillon for Riley Gowens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 159	‐
VBR	# 360	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	46	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.78	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 185	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 159	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 146	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	14	‐

Innings Pitched	72.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	70	‐

Earned Runs	43	‐

Home Runs Allowed	22	‐

Strikeouts	65	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	5.38	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	56.3	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	56	‐

Earned Runs	30	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.78	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
News
	Jameson Taillon allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six across 4.1 innings in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	The Cubs activated Jameson Taillon from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon will be activated early next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon could go on a rehab assignment this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC			Riley Gowens SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Jameson Taillon for Riley Gowens (2026)

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