Who Should I Trade?

Joe Jimenez for Jordan Wicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 779	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	1	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.99	‐
WHIP	1.46	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 354	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	10.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	10.45	‐

WHIP	1.94	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	1.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.99	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
News
	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Joe Jimenez threw live batting practice for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Joe Jimenez threw off the mound on Monday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Braves reliever Joe Jimenez might not pitch in 2026, as per manager Walt Weiss. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	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			Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#150	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#189	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#204	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#176	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#272
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#394
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#367	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#6
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#9
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#365	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#285
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#362	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#183
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#122
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#308	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#258	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#98
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#158	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#84	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#2
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#388
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#389
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#134
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#35
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#277	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#185
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)	#69	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#78
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Jimenez for Jordan Wicks (2026)

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