Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Tyler Wells (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Wells SP,RP - BAL	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	‐
VBR	# 381	# 673

Projections

Strikeouts	23	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.06	4.29
WHIP	1.21	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 235	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 221	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Wells SP,RP - BAL	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	4

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	49.0	10.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	3	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	38	18

Earned Runs	16	12

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	51	8

Walks	11	2

ERA	2.94	10.45

WHIP	1.00	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Wells SP,RP - BAL	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	24.0	12.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	22	13

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	23	11

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.06	4.29

WHIP	1.21	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Wells SP,RP - BAL	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Tyler Wells allowed no earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out one over one inning in Friday's win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Tyler Wells allowed one hit and one walk over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Tyler Wells needed just 10 pitches to dispatch the Reds for a scoreless inning, because sometimes pitching really is that simple. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Orioles recalled RHP Tyler Wells from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Tyler Wells has been optioned to Triple-A Norfolk by the Baltimore Orioles in a series of moves made by the organization on Saturday. David Leisering Sat, May 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
	Tyler Wells SP,RP - BAL			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Tyler Wells (2026)

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