Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Hudson for Justin Topa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Hudson SP,RP - CWS	Justin Topa RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 254	‐
VBR	# 479	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	1
ERA	4.04	3.69
WHIP	1.40	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 256	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 263	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Hudson SP,RP - CWS	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	23

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	44.0	19.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	4	2

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	6	4

Hits Allowed	39	27

Earned Runs	14	17

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	43	12

Walks	17	11

ERA	2.86	8.05

WHIP	1.27	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Hudson SP,RP - CWS	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.9	12.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	19	12

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	10

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.04	3.69

WHIP	1.40	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Hudson SP,RP - CWS	Justin Topa RP - KC
News
	Bryan Hudson will open for the White Sox on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Bryan Hudson will serve as the opener on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	The Chicago White Sox have activated left-handed pitcher Bryan Hudson. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 28th	The Twins released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The White Sox claimed LHP Bryan Hudson off waivers from the Mets. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th	Justin Topa allowed two earned runs on four hits while throwing 17 pitches over one inning to earn the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Mon, May 4th
	The Mets designated LHP Bryan Hudson for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Justin Topa issued a walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. He struck out two across 1 2/3 innings of work in the appearance. Matthew Adam Wed, Apr 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan Hudson SP,RP - CWS			Justin Topa RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Hudson for Justin Topa (2026)

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