Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Jordan Wicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 14	‐
VBR	# 99	# 669

Projections

Strikeouts	76	12
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.73	4.23
WHIP	1.14	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 15	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	# 342

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	‐

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


Games Played	20	4

Games Started	20	2

Innings Pitched	110.1	10.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	92	18

Earned Runs	41	12

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	128	8

Walks	25	2

ERA	3.34	10.45

WHIP	1.06	1.94

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


Games Played	12	14

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	67.7	14.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	15

Earned Runs	28	7

Home Runs Allowed	10	2

Strikeouts	76	12

Walks	16	5

ERA	3.73	4.23

WHIP	1.14	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Joe Ryan allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Ryan allowed no earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Yankees. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Joe Ryan allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to Houston. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Joe Ryan allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Dodgers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Jordan Wicks (2026)

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