Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Tim Elko (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 237	‐
VBR	# 814	# 1368

Projections

Runs	13	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	13	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.249	.170

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 255	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 258	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 274	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 200	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	221	‐

Runs	35	‐

Hits	58	‐

Singles	44	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	39	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	18	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Batting Average	.262	‐

On Base Pct	.317	‐

Slugging Pct	.394	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.711	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	102	7

Runs	13	1

Hits	25	1

Singles	18	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	13	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	0

Strikeouts	22	3

Batting Average	.249	.170

On Base Pct	.313	.189

Slugging Pct	.386	.226

On-base Plus Slugging	.699	.415

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
News
	Dominic Smith went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	White Sox first baseman Tim Elko is beginning a minor league rehab assignment with High-A Winston-Salem on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Dominic Smith went 1-for-4 with a three-run double in Thursday's 11-5 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Dominic Smith went 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th
	Dominic Smith went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, a triple, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 9-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 21st
	Dominic Smith went 4-for-4 with four singles and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL			Tim Elko 1B - CWS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#38	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs COL
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Tim Elko (2026)

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