Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Zach Brzykcy (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 664	# 913

Projections

Strikeouts	10	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.97
WHIP	1.36	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 343	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	2

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	3

Earned Runs	12	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	8	2

Walks	2	2

ERA	10.45	3.00

WHIP	1.94	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	17

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	12.4	12.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	12

Earned Runs	6	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	10	12

Walks	4	7

ERA	4.36	4.97

WHIP	1.36	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
News
	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Marlins optioned Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Marlins recalled Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Marlins optioned RHP Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	The Marlins recalled Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Zach Brzykcy was optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville by the Miami Marlins on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 25th
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			Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Zach Brzykcy (2026)

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