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Cubs 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Cubs Projected Pitching

Through games of Monday, 31 August 2026.
All results are from true, unadjusted data.

Explanation of the Table

The Table below shows two lines for each pitcher and for the team as a whole: Actual and Projected. The Actual lines are just what it says: the actual stats for this season to date; the Projected lines want a little explanation.

The projecting has two steps. The first is simple: for each man, we calculate the ratio of his current-season-to-date BFPs (Batters Faced Pitcher, the equivalent of Plate Appearances for batters) to his career BFPs, then multiply all his career stats by that ratio to get what one might call his “raw” career-performance data pro-rated to his current-year number of BFPs. So, as a hypothetical example, a man with 5,000 career BFPs and 250 BFPs this season would have a ratio of 250/5000, or .050; so, if he had yielded, say, 1215 career Hits, his raw projected Hits number for this season would be 1215 x .05, or 61 (if the calculated number is fractional, as with 60.75, we round it off to the nearest whole number).

That much is simple and, we hope, clear. The second adjustment takes a little explaining. It derives from the fact that—for a team or for an individual man—the number of BFPs that will be had for a given number of Outs made (which is to say “innings played”) depends exactly on the on-base percentage: the higher the on-base percentage, the more BFPs the man or team will see in any given number of innings.

To clarify: imagine a staff with a great .250 on-base percentage; that number means that, on average, one man in four that they see at the plate will get on safely. The converse of that is that three men in four will make out. (For simplicity’s sake in this elementary example, we ignore outs made on the bases.) So, in an average inning, the batters, to make the three outs that constitute an inning, will send 4 men to the plate. If we next imagine a staff with an equally absurd .500 on-base percentage, only half the batters it faces make an out: thus, to make the three outs that define an inning, the batters would have—again, on average—to send 6 men to the plate. So (as should be intuitively obvious anyway), for a given number of innings, a higher OBP means more PAs.

The consequence of that is that each man’s “raw”stat projections, which were based on his BFPs for this season, are slightly inaccurate, because his—and the team’s—BFPs would be different (perhaps higher, perhaps lower) from what they are if all the men were performing at their career rates. To correct for that, we calculate each man’s career "outs rate" (all Outs made per plate appearance, which does include outs made behind him on the bases) and multiply it by his percentage of the staff’s total BFPs; we then sum up those outs rates to get a projected team Outs rate, and from that—holding Outs made (which, again, is just innings played) constant—we can reckon the projected team BFP total. We can then adjust each projected stat line by the ratio of expected team BFPs to actual BFPs (which normally yields a number fairly close to, but not equalling,1.0), giving us the true projected stats for each man and for the team.

(For this season for this team’s pitching, the adjustment factor, rounded to three decimal places—the actual calculations use many more decimals— is 1.005)

Incidentally, that last adjustment is the reason that even rookies, whose whole “career” is just the current season, can have “adjusted” lines that differ slightly from their actual data lines, and why the TPP numbers here may differ slightly from those on other pages here.

You can see the overall “win-capability” of the team (its wins projected from these team numbers and the corresponding team batting numbers) at our “Projected Team-Performances” page.

The Table

Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Javier Assad, actual: 22 332 305 71 7 0 15 123 21 33 250 2 1 3 0 1 4 584
Javier Assad, projected: 22 334 298 72 12 2 11 119 30 31 250 1 2 3 2 0 6 663
Charlie Barnes, actual: 1 17 13 4 1 0 0 5 3 4 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1402
Charlie Barnes, projected: 1 17 15 5 1 0 1 7 2 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1458
Ty Blach, actual: 1 9 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ty Blach, projected: 1 9 8 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
Matthew Boyd, actual: 17 401 364 88 11 1 15 146 30 46 291 0 0 7 2 0 0 641
Matthew Boyd, projected: 17 403 365 92 17 2 15 159 29 51 291 1 3 5 3 1 3 724
Ben Brown, actual: 20 265 242 45 7 1 2 60 19 16 204 0 2 2 3 0 6 351
Ben Brown, projected: 20 266 242 57 10 1 7 91 19 31 204 1 2 2 2 0 5 591
Edward Cabrera, actual: 15 329 291 78 12 0 15 135 32 53 228 1 3 1 1 0 10 869
Edward Cabrera, projected: 15 331 286 65 12 0 11 111 38 40 228 0 1 5 2 0 13 734
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Aaron Civale, actual: 11 97 88 18 2 0 1 23 6 6 70 1 0 2 0 1 1 407
Aaron Civale, projected: 11 98 89 22 5 0 4 38 6 11 70 0 1 1 1 0 1 722
Tyler Ferguson, actual: 16 62 57 10 2 0 3 21 2 6 47 0 0 3 0 0 0 523
Tyler Ferguson, projected: 16 62 53 11 2 1 2 18 7 8 47 0 1 1 0 0 1 628
Kevin Gausman, actual: 5 116 107 27 5 0 5 47 7 16 84 0 2 0 0 0 4 739
Kevin Gausman, projected: 5 117 107 27 6 0 3 43 8 13 84 0 1 1 1 0 2 648
Hunter Harvey, actual: 4 18 17 5 0 0 2 11 1 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 1403
Hunter Harvey, projected: 4 18 16 4 1 0 0 6 1 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 527
Gavin Hollowell, actual: 14 62 53 11 3 0 2 20 8 5 43 0 0 1 0 0 0 664
Gavin Hollowell, projected: 14 62 53 13 2 0 3 23 8 8 43 0 0 1 0 0 1 879
Clay Holmes, actual: 5 111 101 20 3 0 1 26 9 5 87 1 0 0 0 0 0 290
Clay Holmes, projected: 5 112 98 22 4 0 2 31 11 11 87 0 1 2 1 0 1 551
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Cade Horton, actual: 2 26 24 4 0 0 1 7 2 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 309
Cade Horton, projected: 2 26 24 5 1 0 1 8 2 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 405
Shota Imanaga, actual: 27 616 573 137 19 1 33 257 35 69 451 1 1 6 2 0 5 700
Shota Imanaga, projected: 27 619 585 133 20 1 30 245 29 65 451 1 1 3 4 0 3 630
Antoine Kelly, actual: 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Antoine Kelly, projected: 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carson Kelly, actual: 3 13 13 4 0 0 2 10 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1358
Carson Kelly, projected: 3 13 13 4 0 0 2 10 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1350
Luke Little, actual: 1 5 5 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2237
Luke Little, projected: 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
Corbin Martin, actual: 7 25 20 5 0 0 2 11 5 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1352
Corbin Martin, projected: 7 25 21 6 1 0 1 12 3 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1041
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Riley Martin, actual: 8 31 28 5 0 0 1 8 2 2 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 325
Riley Martin, projected: 8 31 28 5 0 0 1 8 2 2 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 324
Phil Maton, actual: 31 136 111 34 4 2 5 57 16 19 83 1 3 5 0 0 1 1311
Phil Maton, projected: 31 137 119 28 6 1 4 47 13 16 83 1 1 3 1 1 2 826
Hoby Milner, actual: 38 149 133 34 7 0 4 53 9 14 107 2 2 3 0 1 3 648
Hoby Milner, projected: 38 150 135 34 7 0 4 54 10 17 107 1 1 2 1 1 1 644
Jayden Murray, actual: 2 17 15 6 2 0 2 14 2 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 2771
Jayden Murray, projected: 2 17 15 5 1 0 0 7 2 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1053
Daniel Palencia, actual: 22 84 75 20 3 0 3 32 7 9 58 0 1 1 0 1 2 804
Daniel Palencia, projected: 22 84 74 17 3 1 2 27 8 10 58 0 0 1 0 0 1 663
David Peterson, actual: 11 237 213 53 8 0 7 82 22 26 166 0 1 1 1 0 5 708
David Peterson, projected: 11 238 210 54 10 1 6 83 23 28 166 1 1 3 2 0 2 736
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Drew Pomeranz, actual: 6 27 23 7 0 0 2 13 4 5 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 1316
Drew Pomeranz, projected: 6 27 24 6 1 0 1 9 3 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 783
Colin Rea, actual: 28 554 497 127 22 1 20 211 45 66 386 3 2 7 1 0 5 751
Colin Rea, projected: 28 557 503 127 24 3 20 216 41 68 386 3 4 6 4 1 11 770
Yacksel Ríos, actual: 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yacksel Ríos, projected: 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 486
Ethan Roberts, actual: 23 110 93 22 2 1 3 35 14 14 77 0 0 3 0 0 3 706
Ethan Roberts, projected: 23 111 96 26 4 1 4 45 12 14 77 0 0 2 0 0 1 845
Ryan Rolison, actual: 49 213 187 44 8 0 6 70 24 20 158 1 1 0 1 0 1 558
Ryan Rolison, projected: 49 214 188 52 7 1 9 88 23 29 158 1 2 0 2 0 2 797
Jameson Taillon, actual: 15 326 297 76 10 0 25 161 27 51 228 0 0 2 0 1 8 950
Jameson Taillon, projected: 15 328 303 76 15 1 12 128 19 37 228 1 2 2 2 1 6 713
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Caleb Thielbar, actual: 49 176 160 39 5 0 10 74 14 24 125 1 0 1 1 2 3 782
Caleb Thielbar, projected: 49 177 160 36 7 1 5 60 14 18 125 1 2 1 1 1 3 625
Trent Thornton, actual: 43 177 159 36 8 0 7 65 16 20 133 1 0 1 0 2 6 579
Trent Thornton, projected: 43 178 160 41 8 1 6 70 14 22 133 1 1 2 1 1 3 697
Vince Velasquez, actual: 2 11 11 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
Vince Velasquez, projected: 2 11 10 2 1 0 0 4 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
Andrew Wantz, actual: 1 9 8 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 948
Andrew Wantz, projected: 1 9 8 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
Jacob Webb, actual: 60 250 227 52 4 0 8 80 21 22 179 0 2 0 2 0 3 633
Jacob Webb, projected: 60 251 223 48 9 1 7 79 25 24 179 1 1 2 2 2 4 610
Jordan Wicks, actual: 4 50 47 18 3 1 1 26 2 12 31 0 0 1 0 0 1 1359
Jordan Wicks, projected: 4 50 46 14 3 0 2 22 4 8 31 1 0 0 0 0 1 1053
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Bryse Wilson, actual: 2 38 35 12 0 1 2 20 1 7 23 0 0 2 0 0 0 1450
Bryse Wilson, projected: 2 38 35 10 2 0 2 16 3 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 1053
Jake Woodford, actual: 2 14 13 6 0 1 1 11 0 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1920
Jake Woodford, projected: 2 14 13 4 1 0 0 6 1 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 810
Ryan Zeferjahn, actual: 10 43 36 11 1 0 2 18 4 7 28 1 1 1 0 1 0 1030
Ryan Zeferjahn, projected: 10 43 36 7 1 0 1 13 6 5 28 0 0 1 0 1 1 648
Cubs, Actual: 138 5165 4658 1136 161 10 209 1944 412 601 3701 17 23 54 15 10 75 596
Cubs, Projected: 138 5191 4670 1136 204 19 179 1913 422 597 3701 17 28 49 32 10 76 593


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.244 0.243
Slugging Average: 0.417 0.410
Walks (per PA): 0.080 0.081
SOs (per PA): 0.207 0.221
On-Base Average: 0.311 0.311
Power Factor: 1.711 1.684
OPS: 0.729 0.721
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 596
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 593
Actual Runs Scored: 601

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