Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Max Lazar (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Max Lazar RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 661	# 753

Projections

Strikeouts	9	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.60
WHIP	1.36	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 346	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	6

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	8.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	8

Earned Runs	12	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	8	5

Walks	2	3

ERA	10.45	5.63

WHIP	1.94	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	17

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	11.1	13.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	14

Earned Runs	5	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	9	10

Walks	4	4

ERA	4.31	4.60

WHIP	1.36	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Max Lazar RP - PHI
News
	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Phillies optioned Max Lazar to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Phillies recalled RHP Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Phillies are optioning Max Lazar to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	The Phillies recalled Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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 Phillies activated RHP Maz Lazar from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
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			Max Lazar RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#351
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Apr 4th				@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Max Lazar (2026)

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