Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	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	# 84	‐
VBR	# 270	# 673

Projections

Strikeouts	48	11
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	4.33
WHIP	1.29	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	16	2

Innings Pitched	94.2	10.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	95	18

Earned Runs	51	12

Home Runs Allowed	14	1

Strikeouts	84	8

Walks	30	2

ERA	4.85	10.45

WHIP	1.32	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	51.4	12.8

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	13

Earned Runs	24	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	48	11

Walks	15	4

ERA	4.19	4.33

WHIP	1.29	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Luis Castillo (2026)

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