Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Jordan Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 556	# 523

Projections

Strikeouts	18	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.23	4.34
WHIP	1.46	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 395	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	1

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	32.0	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	24	4

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	37	4

Walks	22	2

ERA	3.09	4.15

WHIP	1.44	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	18.2	18.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	17

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	18	19

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.23	4.34

WHIP	1.46	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	The White Sox activated RHP Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	AJ Smith-Shawver was sent back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	Jordan Hicks will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	AJ Smith-Shawver gave up two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	The White Sox placed Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Braves activated AJ Smith-Shawver from the 15-day injured list and will make the 27th-man for Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Jordan Hicks walked one and struck out one over 1 1/3 scoreless innings in Monday’s win over Marlins Chris Schommer Tue, Mar 31st	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox. Brenton Kemp Sun, Feb 1st	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Jordan Hicks (2026)

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