Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Randy Dobnak (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Randy Dobnak 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	# 1121

Projections

Strikeouts	6	24
Wins	0	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	5.00
WHIP	1.35	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 347	‐

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


Games Played	4	6

Games Started	2	4

Innings Pitched	10.1	31.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	24

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	8	15

Walks	2	13

ERA	10.45	1.16

WHIP	1.94	1.19

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


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	0	7

Innings Pitched	8.0	40.8

Wins	0	2

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	45

Earned Runs	4	23

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	6	24

Walks	3	16

ERA	4.44	5.00

WHIP	1.35	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
News
	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Randy Dobnak allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in an 8-2 victory. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 5th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Randy Dobnak allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four over seven innings in Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th
	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Randy Dobnak allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Thursday's loss to the Tigers. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	Randy Dobnak allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out three over 4.1 innings in Saturday's win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 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	The Royals recalled RHP Randy Dobnak from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
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			Randy Dobnak 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	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
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 Randy Dobnak (2026)

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