Who Should I Trade?

Luke Little for Ryan Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 874	# 508

Projections

Strikeouts	8	31
Wins	0	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.58	4.69
WHIP	1.47	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 298

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 447	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	10

Games Started	0	7

Innings Pitched	1.0	38.1

Wins	0	2

Losses	0	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	39

Earned Runs	1	26

Home Runs Allowed	1	10

Strikeouts	1	30

Walks	0	16

ERA	9.00	6.10

WHIP	2.00	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	6

Innings Pitched	8.3	35.5

Wins	0	2

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	37

Earned Runs	3	18

Home Runs Allowed	1	6

Strikeouts	8	31

Walks	5	11

ERA	3.58	4.69

WHIP	1.47	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
News
	The Cubs optioned Luke Little to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on two hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday’s 3-2 win over the Tigers.. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	The Cubs recalled Luke Little from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	Ryan Johnson will start on Sunday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Luke Little to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th	Ryan Johnson allowed three earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
		Ryan Johnson allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over four innings in Sunday’s loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 6th
		Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out three over five innings in Monday’s loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luke Little RP - CHC			Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Luke Little for Ryan Johnson (2026)

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