Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for JR Ritchie (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 258
VBR	# 854	# 787

Projections

Strikeouts	6	15
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.75
WHIP	1.35	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 138

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 347	# 444

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


Games Played	4	14

Games Started	2	8

Innings Pitched	10.1	58.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	18	48

Earned Runs	12	30

Home Runs Allowed	1	9

Strikeouts	8	53

Walks	2	36

ERA	10.45	4.66

WHIP	1.94	1.45

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


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	8.0	17.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	17

Earned Runs	4	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	6	15

Walks	3	8

ERA	4.44	4.75

WHIP	1.35	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
News
	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Braves have optioned right-hander JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	JR Ritchie allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's 4-2 win against the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Braves recall RHP JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	JR Ritchie was scratched from his scheduled start with Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	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	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
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			JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for JR Ritchie (2026)

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