Who Should I Trade?

Drew Smith for Will Childers (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Drew Smith RP - FA	Will Childers RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1046

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	1
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.17
WHIP	‐	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Smith RP - FA	Will Childers RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Smith RP - FA	Will Childers RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	9

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	1.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	5.17

WHIP	‐	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Smith RP - FA	Will Childers RP - MIL
News
	The Twins signed RHP Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
	Smith missed all of 2025 recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and signed a minor-league deal with the Nationals in mid-February. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven across 5.1 scoreless innings in six Grapefruit League appearances but was not on track to make the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Drew Smith has entered spring camp with the Nationals fully healthy. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	The Nationals signed reliever Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Smith RP - FA	Will Childers RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th		vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Sat, Mar 28th		vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th		vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th		@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 14th		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, Apr 17th		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, May 2nd		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 3rd		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, May 8th		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sat, May 9th		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, May 10th		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Tue, May 12th		vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 14th		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 18th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, May 31st		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th		@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th		vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th		@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th		@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd		@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th		vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th		vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th		vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd		@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 11th		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st		vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Wed, Jul 22nd		vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th		@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th		@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st		@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st		@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd		vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th		vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th		vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th		vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th		vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th		vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th		vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th		@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th		@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th		@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th		@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th		@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th		@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th		@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th		vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th		vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th		vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st		vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd		vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd		vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th		@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th		@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th		@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th		vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th		vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th		vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st		@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st		@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd		@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd		@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th		@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th		@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th		@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th		vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th		vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th		vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th		vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th		vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th		vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th		@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th		@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th		@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th		@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th		@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th		@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th		@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th		vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th		vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th		vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Smith for Will Childers (2026)

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