Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for JR Ritchie (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 248	‐
VBR	# 804	# 1011

Projections

Strikeouts	23	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.61	4.56
WHIP	1.48	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	54.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	33	‐

ERA	4.67	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	5

Games Started	3	2

Innings Pitched	26.5	9.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	8

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	10

Walks	12	6

ERA	4.61	4.56

WHIP	1.48	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
News
	The Braves optioned JR Ritchie to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The White Sox activated Hagen Smith from the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	JR Ritchie was charged with one run on only one hit and two walks while striking out two over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's 4-3 win against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	White Sox LHP prospect Hagen Smith has been diagnosed with a left shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	JR Ritchie will pitch in a bulk relief role on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	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
	JR Ritchie will start in the mound in St. Louis on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	The White Sox reassigned LHP Hagen Smith to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	The Braves recalled JR Ritchie from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	White Sox pitching prospect Hagen Smith will not break camp with the team to begin the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JR Ritchie SP,RP - ATL			Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ TB
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
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				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 (6-4)	#200	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs TEX
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)	#56	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs MIN
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
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
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
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for JR Ritchie (2026)

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