Who Should I Trade?

Angel Zerpa for Lucas Sims (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Injury Alert	MiLB	OUT

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Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 423	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	12.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	9	16

Earned Runs	5	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	10	8

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.50	6.39

WHIP	1.60	1.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
News
	The White Sox re-signed RHP Lucas Sims to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Brewers transferred Angel Zerpa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Sims posted a 4.50 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, and 10:7 K:BB across 10 innings with Chicago before being removed from the White Sox' 40-man roster. He passed through waivers unclaimed and elected free agency Saturday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th	Angel Zerpa underwent his elbow reconstruction surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The White Sox designated RHP Lucas Sims for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd	Angel Zerpa will undergo Tommy John surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The White Sox selected the contract of RHP Lucas Sims from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Angel Zerpa is deciding whether or not to have Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	Lucas Sims has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. The deal includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Fri, Jan 30th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said there is significant concern about Angel Zerpa’s left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS			Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Zerpa for Lucas Sims (2026)

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