Who Should I Trade?

Jonathon Long for Liam Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Jonathon Long 1B - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	‐
VBR	# 315	‐

Projections

Runs	19	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	19	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.257	.143

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 105	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 220	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Jonathon Long 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	322	‐

Runs	53	‐

Hits	92	‐

Singles	68	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	14	‐

RBI	60	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	35	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Batting Average	.286	‐

On Base Pct	.362	‐

Slugging Pct	.450	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Jonathon Long 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	145	4

Runs	19	1

Hits	37	1

Singles	27	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	19	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	23	1

Batting Average	.257	.143

On Base Pct	.345	.250

Slugging Pct	.384	.143

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.393

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Jonathon Long 1B - CHC
News
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-5 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Cubs reassigned INF Jonathon Long to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Cubs infielder Jonathon Long has turned a corner in his recovery from a left elbow sprain, according to manager Craig Counsell. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 8th
	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 with a double and one run scored in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Cubs infield prospect Jonathon Long (left elbow sprain) is coming along slower than hoped in his recovery from a Cactus League game injury on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 25th
	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Jonathon Long left Saturday’s Cactus League game against the Rangers with a left elbow sprain. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 22nd
	Liam Hicks went 1-for-4 with two walks and three runs scored in Friday's 12-5 victory over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA			Jonathon Long 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431

Who Should I Trade?

Jonathon Long for Liam Hicks (2026)

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