Who Should I Trade?

Trent Thornton for Yoendrys Gomez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yoendrys Gomez SP,RP - MIN	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 315
VBR	# 373	# 625

Projections

Strikeouts	19	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	7	2
ERA	4.44	4.50
WHIP	1.43	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 315	# 379

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 176	# 247

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoendrys Gomez SP,RP - MIN	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	49.2	33.1

Wins	2	4

Losses	0	4

Saves	14	3

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	6	2

Hits Allowed	39	26

Earned Runs	18	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	45	15

Walks	25	13

ERA	3.26	2.97

WHIP	1.29	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoendrys Gomez SP,RP - MIN	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	18.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	7	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	18	18

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	19	14

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.44	4.50

WHIP	1.43	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoendrys Gomez SP,RP - MIN	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
News
	Yoendrys Gomez struck out one over a perfect inning on eight pitches to earn the save in Saturday's 2-0 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 26th	Trent Thornton played catch on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Yoendrys Gomez worked around some bullpen drama without letting it turn into damage to earn a save on Friday. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Yoendrys Gomez worked around a little traffic but did his job and earned the save without drama in a 5-3 win over the Angels on Saturday. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs placed Trent Thornton on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Yoendrys Gomez notched a small, mildly chaotic win in a one-inning cameo Wednesday. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 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
	Yoendrys Gomez got the final out of a 3-1 win over the Guardians on Tuesday to earn a save. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Yoendrys Gomez SP,RP - MIN			Trent Thornton RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Trent Thornton for Yoendrys Gomez (2026)

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