Who Should I Trade?

JT Brubaker for Porter Hodge (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 612	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	4.51	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 268	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	49.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.74	‐

WHIP	1.14	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.51	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
News
		The Cubs transferred RHP Porter Hodge to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
		Porter Hodge underwent reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
		Porter Hodge will undergo season-ending UCL surgery on his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
		Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said that the goal is for Porter Hodge to begin playing catch around April 1. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 24th
		Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters Porter Hodge will begin the season on the injured list with a right elbow flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JT Brubaker RP - SF			Porter Hodge RP - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

JT Brubaker for Porter Hodge (2026)

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