Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Shane Bieber (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 136	‐
VBR	# 291	# 669

Projections

Strikeouts	52	12
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.23
WHIP	1.32	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 161	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 93	# 342

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 390	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	4

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	23.2	10.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	18

Earned Runs	15	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	19	8

Walks	12	2

ERA	5.70	10.45

WHIP	1.73	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	14

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	59.9	14.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	15

Earned Runs	29	7

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	52	12

Walks	17	5

ERA	4.37	4.23

WHIP	1.32	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Shane Bieber allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Padres. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber allowed seven earned runs across four innings while taking the loss on Saturday against the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber allowed two earned runs across 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision on Sunday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber allowed four earned runs on nine hits across 3 2/3 innings in his season debut on Tuesday against the Astros. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jun 24th	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Shane Bieber will start on Tuesday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Shane Bieber (2026)

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