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Cubs 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Cubs Projected Pitching

Through games of Sunday, 27 September 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: 28 378 345 81 8 0 16 137 27 39 283 2 1 3 0 1 4 584
Javier Assad, projected: 28 380 339 82 14 2 12 135 35 36 283 1 2 3 2 0 7 654
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: 22 520 473 114 15 1 15 176 39 59 380 1 0 7 3 0 0 580
Matthew Boyd, projected: 22 522 472 119 22 2 19 204 38 66 380 2 4 6 3 1 4 707
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: 18 350 307 83 12 0 16 143 36 58 240 1 3 2 2 0 12 909
Edward Cabrera, projected: 18 352 304 69 12 0 12 118 40 43 240 0 1 5 2 0 14 747
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: 18 152 136 27 4 2 2 41 12 9 110 1 0 3 0 1 1 466
Aaron Civale, projected: 18 153 139 35 8 1 5 60 10 18 110 0 1 2 1 0 1 711
Tyler Ferguson, actual: 17 70 63 11 2 0 4 25 4 7 52 0 0 3 0 0 0 604
Tyler Ferguson, projected: 17 70 60 12 2 1 2 21 8 9 52 0 1 1 0 1 1 610
Braxton Garrett, actual: 1 21 17 4 0 0 0 4 3 1 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 453
Braxton Garrett, projected: 1 21 19 5 1 0 1 8 1 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 810
Kevin Gausman, actual: 9 210 197 51 6 0 11 90 11 28 151 0 2 0 1 0 8 794
Kevin Gausman, projected: 9 211 194 49 10 1 6 79 14 23 151 1 1 1 1 0 4 666
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: 15 64 54 11 3 0 2 20 9 5 44 0 0 1 0 0 0 672
Gavin Hollowell, projected: 15 64 54 13 2 0 3 23 8 9 44 0 0 2 0 0 1 886
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Clay Holmes, actual: 9 204 177 39 5 1 3 55 24 25 146 1 1 1 0 0 4 543
Clay Holmes, projected: 9 205 179 41 7 0 3 58 21 22 146 0 1 4 2 1 2 594
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: 32 706 660 154 22 2 35 285 37 75 523 1 1 7 2 0 5 650
Shota Imanaga, projected: 32 709 670 151 23 1 34 278 33 73 523 1 1 4 4 0 4 613
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
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
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: 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: 32 123 110 25 5 0 4 42 11 13 89 0 1 1 1 1 3 640
Daniel Palencia, projected: 32 124 109 25 4 1 3 39 12 14 89 0 0 1 1 0 2 613
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
David Peterson, actual: 16 344 306 75 10 0 9 112 35 35 241 1 1 1 1 0 8 675
David Peterson, projected: 16 346 304 78 15 1 8 119 34 41 241 1 2 4 2 0 3 719
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: 34 587 528 135 22 1 21 222 47 68 411 3 2 7 1 0 5 735
Colin Rea, projected: 34 590 533 135 25 3 21 228 43 71 411 3 4 7 4 1 12 758
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: 60 256 226 53 11 0 6 82 28 24 189 1 1 0 1 1 1 538
Ryan Rolison, projected: 60 257 227 62 10 1 10 102 27 34 189 1 2 0 2 1 2 764
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: 15 326 297 76 10 0 25 161 27 51 228 0 0 2 0 1 8 950
Jameson Taillon, projected: 15 327 303 75 15 1 12 128 19 37 228 1 2 2 2 1 6 713
Caleb Thielbar, actual: 58 212 191 47 6 0 11 86 18 30 150 2 0 1 1 3 3 758
Caleb Thielbar, projected: 58 213 192 43 8 1 6 72 17 22 150 1 2 1 1 2 3 601
Trent Thornton, actual: 48 196 175 41 8 0 8 73 17 21 145 1 0 3 0 2 6 622
Trent Thornton, projected: 48 197 177 45 9 1 7 77 16 24 145 1 2 2 1 1 3 726
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: 68 284 255 59 5 0 10 94 25 28 201 0 3 1 2 0 3 682
Jacob Webb, projected: 68 285 253 54 10 1 8 90 28 28 201 1 1 2 2 2 5 619
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
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
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: 20 80 69 19 3 0 2 28 8 10 54 1 1 1 0 2 3 807
Ryan Zeferjahn, projected: 20 80 67 13 2 0 2 23 10 9 54 0 1 2 0 1 3 672
Cubs, Actual: 162 6062 5454 1323 185 14 231 2229 500 703 4341 20 25 62 19 13 92 688
Cubs, Projected: 162 6088 5474 1327 239 21 204 2224 497 699 4341 19 32 58 34 14 89 687


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.243 0.242
Slugging Average: 0.409 0.406
Walks (per PA): 0.082 0.082
SOs (per PA): 0.208 0.222
On-Base Average: 0.312 0.311
Power Factor: 1.685 1.676
OPS: 0.721 0.717
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 688
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 687
Actual Runs Scored: 703

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