Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 38	# 737

Projections

Strikeouts	69	10
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.89	4.31
WHIP	1.11	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	23	‐

Innings Pitched	124.2	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	109	‐

Earned Runs	57	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	156	‐

Walks	32	‐

ERA	4.12	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	58.4	9.3

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	8

Earned Runs	19	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	69	10

Walks	15	5

ERA	2.89	4.31

WHIP	1.11	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
News
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on seven hits over four innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The White Sox activated Hagen Smith from the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	White Sox LHP prospect Hagen Smith has been diagnosed with a left shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The White Sox reassigned LHP Hagen Smith to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Mon, May 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs COL
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141

Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Paul Skenes (2026)

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