Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Taylor Clarke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 362
VBR	# 821	# 758

Projections

Strikeouts	2	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.10
WHIP	1.54	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 354

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 354	# 362

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	65

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	10.1	67.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	13

Hits Allowed	18	47

Earned Runs	12	18

Home Runs Allowed	1	6

Strikeouts	8	40

Walks	2	12

ERA	10.45	2.42

WHIP	1.94	0.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	4.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	2	5

Earned Runs	1	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	2	3

Walks	1	1

ERA	3.62	4.10

WHIP	1.54	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
News
	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Diamondbacks activated Taylor Clarke from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Diamondbacks placed Taylor Clarke on the bereavement/family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Taylor Clarke to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC			Taylor Clarke RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#265
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#272	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#237	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#171	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#363
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#323	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#387
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#339
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#266	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Taylor Clarke (2026)

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