Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 171	‐
VBR	# 390	# 805

Projections

Strikeouts	34	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.03
WHIP	1.38	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.81	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	11

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	33.1	7.4

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	6

Earned Runs	16	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	34	8

Walks	12	4

ERA	4.31	4.03

WHIP	1.38	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Hagen Smith SP - CWS
News
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The White Sox activated Hagen Smith from the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	White Sox LHP prospect Hagen Smith has been diagnosed with a left shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	The White Sox reassigned LHP Hagen Smith to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	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
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Hagen Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Hagen Smith for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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