Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	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	# 5	‐
VBR	# 31	# 656

Projections

Strikeouts	79	10
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.91	4.22
WHIP	1.11	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	4

Games Started	22	2

Innings Pitched	120.2	10.1

Wins	9	0

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	102	18

Earned Runs	52	12

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	149	8

Walks	28	2

ERA	3.88	10.45

WHIP	1.08	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	67.4	12.0

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	12

Earned Runs	22	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	79	10

Walks	17	4

ERA	2.91	4.22

WHIP	1.11	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Paul Skenes (2026)

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