Who Should I Trade?

Jedixson Paez for Jordan Wicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Jedixson Paez SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 661	# 971

Projections

Strikeouts	9	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.87
WHIP	1.36	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 346	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Jedixson Paez SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	3

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	8	0

Walks	2	3

ERA	10.45	18.00

WHIP	1.94	2.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Jedixson Paez SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	11.1	1.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	1

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.31	4.87

WHIP	1.36	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Jedixson Paez SP - BOS
News
	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Jedixson Paez was scratched from his start for Double-A Portland on Saturday due to a sore hip. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The White Sox returned RHP Jedixson Paez to the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 4th
	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The White Sox designated RHP Jedixson Paez for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	Jedixson Paez has claimed a spot on the Chicago White Sox' Opening Day roster. Paez joined the White Sox from Boston as part of the Rule 5 Draft. David Leisering Tue, Mar 24th
	Jordan Wicks allowed three runs on four hits with one strikeout in two innings as the Cubs dropped a 5-1 decision to the Cardinals on Sunday night. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC			Jedixson Paez SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#381
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jedixson Paez for Jordan Wicks (2026)

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