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Cubs 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Cubs Projected Pitching

Through games of Wednesday, 1 July 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 1.004)

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: 13 207 190 45 7 0 10 82 13 26 155 2 1 1 0 0 1 618
Javier Assad, projected: 13 208 185 45 8 1 6 75 19 20 155 1 1 2 1 0 4 648
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: 7 145 134 37 9 0 4 58 10 20 101 0 0 1 1 0 0 746
Matthew Boyd, projected: 7 146 132 33 7 1 6 58 11 19 101 1 1 2 1 0 1 787
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: 14 309 275 72 9 0 14 123 29 46 217 1 2 1 1 0 10 816
Edward Cabrera, projected: 14 310 269 61 11 0 11 104 35 37 217 0 1 5 2 0 12 741
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Tyler Ferguson, actual: 5 20 20 4 1 0 1 8 0 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 462
Tyler Ferguson, projected: 5 20 17 3 1 0 0 6 2 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
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: 5 27 21 5 1 0 2 12 6 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1209
Gavin Hollowell, projected: 5 27 23 6 1 0 1 10 4 4 17 0 0 1 0 0 1 1004
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: 17 396 368 83 16 1 20 161 23 48 295 1 1 3 2 0 3 644
Shota Imanaga, projected: 17 398 376 84 14 1 19 156 18 42 295 0 1 2 3 0 2 610
Carson Kelly, actual: 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 8 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2895
Carson Kelly, projected: 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 8 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2916
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
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
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: 30 130 107 32 4 2 5 55 15 18 80 1 2 5 0 0 1 1262
Phil Maton, projected: 30 131 114 27 6 1 4 45 12 15 80 1 1 3 0 1 2 815
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
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Daniel Palencia, actual: 19 71 64 17 2 0 2 25 6 5 50 0 1 0 0 1 2 716
Daniel Palencia, projected: 19 71 63 15 2 1 2 23 7 8 50 0 0 1 0 0 1 691
David Peterson, actual: 1 20 20 5 1 0 1 9 0 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 404
David Peterson, projected: 1 20 18 5 1 0 0 7 2 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 486
Colin Rea, actual: 18 395 350 94 17 1 13 152 34 48 268 3 1 7 0 0 4 816
Colin Rea, projected: 18 397 358 91 17 2 14 154 29 48 268 2 3 5 3 1 8 792
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: 23 110 96 26 4 1 4 45 12 14 77 0 0 2 0 0 1 852
Ryan Rolison, actual: 27 122 107 22 2 0 4 36 13 9 96 1 1 0 1 0 1 442
Ryan Rolison, projected: 27 123 108 30 3 0 6 51 13 17 96 1 1 0 1 0 1 744
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Jameson Taillon, actual: 13 287 262 65 8 0 20 133 23 40 203 0 0 2 0 1 8 877
Jameson Taillon, projected: 13 288 267 66 13 1 10 112 17 32 203 1 1 2 2 1 6 685
Caleb Thielbar, actual: 27 100 86 17 1 0 5 33 13 12 70 1 0 0 1 2 3 716
Caleb Thielbar, projected: 27 100 91 20 4 1 3 33 8 10 70 0 1 0 0 1 2 630
Trent Thornton, actual: 20 96 84 15 3 0 4 30 10 8 75 1 0 1 0 1 2 459
Trent Thornton, projected: 20 96 86 22 4 0 4 38 8 12 75 0 1 1 0 0 1 689
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
Jacob Webb, actual: 37 158 143 35 2 0 6 55 14 17 109 0 1 0 2 0 2 771
Jacob Webb, projected: 37 159 140 30 6 1 4 50 16 16 109 1 1 1 1 1 3 639
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: 1 17 17 4 0 1 0 6 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 444
Bryse Wilson, projected: 1 17 15 4 1 0 1 7 1 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 810
Cubs, Actual: 87 3243 2915 706 106 8 132 1224 268 385 2323 14 14 31 12 6 53 378
Cubs, Projected: 87 3256 2931 711 129 12 114 1208 263 378 2323 12 16 31 17 6 53 373


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.242 0.243
Slugging Average: 0.420 0.412
Walks (per PA): 0.083 0.081
SOs (per PA): 0.210 0.222
On-Base Average: 0.311 0.310
Power Factor: 1.734 1.699
OPS: 0.731 0.722
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 378
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 373
Actual Runs Scored: 385

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