Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Lucas Sims (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 747	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.44	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	# 423

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	10.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	38	9

Earned Runs	19	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	22	10

Walks	12	7

ERA	4.84	4.50

WHIP	1.42	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	4.44	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
News
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The White Sox re-signed RHP Lucas Sims to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Sims posted a 4.50 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, and 10:7 K:BB across 10 innings with Chicago before being removed from the White Sox' 40-man roster. He passed through waivers unclaimed and elected free agency Saturday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The White Sox designated RHP Lucas Sims for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	The White Sox selected the contract of RHP Lucas Sims from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
	The Brewers acquired RHP Joel Kuhnel from the Brewers for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Lucas Sims has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. The deal includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Fri, Jan 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Lucas Sims RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs COL
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Lucas Sims (2026)

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