Who Should I Trade?

Trent Thornton for Trenton Denholm (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 318	‐
VBR	# 620	# 918

Projections

Strikeouts	12	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.56	4.60
WHIP	1.38	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 380	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 247	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Trenton Denholm RP - CLE
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	Trenton Denholm RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.6	4.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	16	5

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	12	4

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.56	4.60

WHIP	1.38	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Trenton Denholm RP - CLE
News
	Trent Thornton played catch on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	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
	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			Trenton Denholm RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Trent Thornton for Trenton Denholm (2026)

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