Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Hagen Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1085	# 1052

Projections

Strikeouts	7	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.86	4.62
WHIP	1.52	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	3.18	‐

WHIP	1.76	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	8.1	8.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	8

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	9

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.86	4.62

WHIP	1.52	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
News
	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The White Sox activated Hagen Smith from the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th	White Sox LHP prospect Hagen Smith has been diagnosed with a left shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd	Montgomery slashed .272/.364/.416 with a 28.7 percent strikeout rate across 34 Double-A games in 2025, then posted a 1.161 OPS over 12 Arizona Fall League appearances. He carried that momentum into spring, hitting .348 with one home run, zero walks and six strikeouts across 24 plate appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 17th
	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The White Sox reassigned LHP Hagen Smith to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	White Sox pitching prospect Hagen Smith will not break camp with the team to begin the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX			Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

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