Who Should I Trade?

Hayden Wesneski for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Hayden Wesneski SP - HOU	Shane Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 268
VBR	# 352	# 625

Projections

Strikeouts	29	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.28
WHIP	1.30	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 174

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 126	# 349

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hayden Wesneski SP - HOU	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	3

Games Started	2	3

Innings Pitched	11.2	8.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	12

Earned Runs	5	10

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	8	11

Walks	4	9

ERA	3.86	10.80

WHIP	1.29	2.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hayden Wesneski SP - HOU	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	6

Games Started	4	4

Innings Pitched	31.6	17.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	16

Earned Runs	15	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	29	16

Walks	10	7

ERA	4.31	4.28

WHIP	1.30	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hayden Wesneski SP - HOU	Shane Smith SP - CWS
News
	Hayden Wesneski allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 in innings in Wednesday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Shane Smith is expected to miss a couple of weeks at Triple-A Charlotte due to a right rotator cuff strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	The Astros activated Hayden Wesneski from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th
	The Astros will activate right-hander Hayden Wesneski (elbow) from the injured list to start Wednesday versus the Angels. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	Shane Smith allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out one over three innings in Wednesday’s 10-0 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 2nd
	Hayden Wesneski could be activated from the injured list to start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Shane Smith didn't last long Thursday, and the White Sox paid for it in a 14-2 rout, allowing three earned runs runs on three hits and two walks while striking out two over 1 2/3 innings in Thursday’s loss to Brewers. Chris Schommer Fri, Mar 27th
	Hayden Wesneski made his latest rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hayden Wesneski SP - HOU			Shane Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

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Hayden Wesneski for Shane Smith (2026)

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