Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Jordan Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 556	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.23	‐
WHIP	1.46	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 395	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	32.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	3.09	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.23	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	The White Sox activated RHP Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Jordan Hicks will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	The White Sox placed Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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
	The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox. Brenton Kemp Sun, Feb 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Jordan Hicks (2026)

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