Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Shane Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 185	# 264
VBR	# 433	# 854

Projections

Strikeouts	14	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	4.48
WHIP	1.34	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 179	# 352

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 183	# 174

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	3

Games Started	6	3

Innings Pitched	95.0	8.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	4	2

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	80	12

Earned Runs	36	10

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	83	11

Walks	36	9

ERA	3.41	10.80

WHIP	1.22	2.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	4

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	15.3	8.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	14	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	7

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.07	4.48

WHIP	1.34	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Shane Smith SP - CWS
News
	Chad Patrick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Thu, May 28th	Shane Smith is expected to miss a couple of weeks at Triple-A Charlotte due to a right rotator cuff strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	Chad Patrick will start for the Brewers on Wednesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th
	Chad Patrick allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th	Shane Smith allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out one over three innings in Wednesday’s 10-0 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 2nd
	Chad Patrick allowed two earned runs on one hit and five walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday’s 13-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 29th	Shane Smith didn't last long Thursday, and the White Sox paid for it in a 14-2 rout, allowing three earned runs runs on three hits and two walks while striking out two over 1 2/3 innings in Thursday’s loss to Brewers. Chris Schommer Fri, Mar 27th
	Chad Patrick is expected to pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL			Shane Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs COL
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Shane Smith (2026)

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