Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	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	# 782	# 1011

Projections

Strikeouts	14	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.68	4.56
WHIP	1.44	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 294	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	51.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	48	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	42	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.53	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	5

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	17.3	9.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	8

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	14	10

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.68	4.56

WHIP	1.44	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
News
		The White Sox activated Hagen Smith from the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
		White Sox LHP prospect Hagen Smith has been diagnosed with a left shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		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 White Sox reassigned LHP Hagen Smith to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
		White Sox pitching prospect Hagen Smith will not break camp with the team to begin the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS			Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs COL
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Ryan Watson (2026)

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