Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	David Festa SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	‐
VBR	# 475	# 614

Projections

Strikeouts	32	17
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.25
WHIP	1.38	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 209	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 174	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 344	# 277

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	8.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	10.80	‐

WHIP	2.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	7

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	33.7	16.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	15

Earned Runs	16	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	32	17

Walks	14	6

ERA	4.34	4.25

WHIP	1.38	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	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	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th	David Festa suffered renewed discomfort in his right shoulder following his third live batting practice session and is undergoing evaluation to determine next steps. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 4th
	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	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	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	Festa was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome in September and is now dealing with a right shoulder impingement on top of that. He was shut down in late February, received an injection to address the impingement, and has only recently returned to throwing. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th
	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th	Festa was shut down in late February with a shoulder impingement and received an injection to address the issue. He threw at 60 feet Thursday and 75 feet Friday as he begins working his way back. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Smith SP - CWS			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Shane Smith (2026)

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