Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Jordan Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 602	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.31	‐
WHIP	1.50	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 395	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	27.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	23	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	3.62	‐

WHIP	1.54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	22.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.31	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	The White Sox activated RHP Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Jordan Hicks will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The White Sox placed Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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 Astros have placed left-hander Brandon Walter on the 60-day injured list as he continues to recover from September 2025 Tommy John surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox. Brenton Kemp Sun, Feb 1st
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			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Jordan Hicks (2026)

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