Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Watson for Tyler Ferguson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 782	# 642

Projections

Strikeouts	14	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.68	4.13
WHIP	1.44	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 294	# 398

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	51.2	11.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	48	11

Earned Runs	26	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	42	15

Walks	19	0

ERA	4.53	6.94

WHIP	1.30	0.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.3	15.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	18	13

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	14	15

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.68	4.13

WHIP	1.44	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
News
		The Cubs recalled Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
		Tyler Ferguson will serve as the 27th man in Wednesday's doubleheader against the Mets. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
		The Cubs recalled Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
		The Cubs optioned RHP Tyler Ferguson to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
		The Cubs have called up right-hander Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS			Tyler Ferguson RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Watson for Tyler Ferguson (2026)

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