Who Should I Trade?

Jose Leclerc for Trent Thornton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 316	‐
VBR	# 663	# 833

Projections

Strikeouts	13	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.61	4.08
WHIP	1.40	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 380	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 247	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	2.86	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.2	7.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	6

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	7

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.61	4.08

WHIP	1.40	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
News
	Trent Thornton played catch on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	The Padres signed RHP José Leclerc to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 28th
	Trent Thornton underwent X-rays on his left heel following Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. The results came back negative for any structural damage. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Jose Leclerc threw his first bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 13th
	The Cubs placed Trent Thornton on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Trent Thornton has agreed to a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. The righthander will receive an invite to Spring Training as part of the deal. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th
	The Cubs signed RHP Trent Thornton to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC			Jose Leclerc RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Leclerc for Trent Thornton (2026)

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