Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 277	‐
VBR	# 549	# 1001

Projections

Strikeouts	36	10
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.59	4.53
WHIP	1.48	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 401	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	42.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	39	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	6.80	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	5

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	36.4	9.4

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	34	8

Earned Runs	19	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	36	10

Walks	18	6

ERA	4.59	4.53

WHIP	1.48	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The White Sox activated Hagen Smith from the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	White Sox LHP prospect Hagen Smith has been diagnosed with a left shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Brewers GM Matt Arnold said Lance McCullers Jr.'s next outing could take the form of a major league start. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The White Sox reassigned LHP Hagen Smith to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. (shoulder) threw four innings and 77 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL			Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs COL
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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