Who Should I Trade?

Luke Little for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 955	# 757

Projections

Strikeouts	6	9
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.23
WHIP	1.61	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 446	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	20

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	1.0	20.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	2	22

Earned Runs	1	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	1	17

Walks	0	8

ERA	9.00	2.66

WHIP	2.00	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.2	10.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	5	11

Earned Runs	2	5

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	6	9

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.21	4.23

WHIP	1.61	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
News
	The Cubs optioned Luke Little to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Red Sox optioned Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Cubs recalled Luke Little from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	Tyler Samaniego will open for the Red Sox on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Luke Little to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th	The Red Sox recalled Tyler Samaniego from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
		The Red Sox optioned LHP Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
		Tyler Samaniego will be called up by the Red Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 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
	Luke Little RP - CHC			Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#102
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#353
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#102
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Luke Little for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

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