Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 431	# 673

Projections

Strikeouts	25	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.96	4.33
WHIP	1.31	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	4

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	22.2	10.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	3	2

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	18

Earned Runs	9	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	30	8

Walks	9	2

ERA	3.57	10.45

WHIP	1.06	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	21.2	12.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	17	13

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	25	11

Walks	9	4

ERA	3.96	4.33

WHIP	1.31	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Kirby Yates tossed a scoreless seventh inning on Friday, pitching around a one-out single in his season debut against the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, May 9th	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
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Kirby Yates (2026)

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