Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1081	# 954

Projections

Strikeouts	7	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.25	4.62
WHIP	1.52	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.43	‐

WHIP	1.72	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	8.3	8.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	7

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	9

Walks	4	5

ERA	5.25	4.62

WHIP	1.52	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
News
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The White Sox activated Hagen Smith from the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	White Sox LHP prospect Hagen Smith has been diagnosed with a left shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The White Sox reassigned LHP Hagen Smith to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN			Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, May 22nd				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 24th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Jose Franco (2026)

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