Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Mason Black (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 854	# 936

Projections

Strikeouts	6	14
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	5.04
WHIP	1.35	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 347	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	12

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	17.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	18

Earned Runs	12	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	8	15

Walks	2	11

ERA	10.45	3.57

WHIP	1.94	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	10

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	8.0	17.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	18

Earned Runs	4	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	6	14

Walks	3	7

ERA	4.44	5.04

WHIP	1.35	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	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	Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
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			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 21st				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Mason Black (2026)

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