Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 3	‐
VBR	# 18	# 1014

Projections

Strikeouts	82	10
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.80	4.56
WHIP	1.02	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 2	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	14	‐

Innings Pitched	82.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	66	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	98	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	2.83	‐

WHIP	0.93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	11	2

Innings Pitched	68.8	9.6

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	8

Earned Runs	21	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	82	10

Walks	13	6

ERA	2.80	4.56

WHIP	1.02	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
News
	Tarik Skubal allowed five hits while striking out nine over seven scoreless innings in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The White Sox activated Hagen Smith from the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Tarik Skubal allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	White Sox LHP prospect Hagen Smith has been diagnosed with a left shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal pitched five innings of one-run ball, striking out nine and earning the win over the Athletics on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Tarik Skubal is “tentatively” lined up to pitch Sunday against the Phillies just before All-Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The White Sox reassigned LHP Hagen Smith to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal allowed two runs (one earned) on just one hit and zero walks while striking out nine while earning the win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET			Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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