Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Hicks for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 577	# 429

Projections

Strikeouts	21	38
Wins	1	2
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.28	4.46
WHIP	1.47	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 395	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	28.1	4.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	23	2

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	33	8

Walks	19	3

ERA	3.49	7.71

WHIP	1.48	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	13

Games Started	0	6

Innings Pitched	22.1	38.4

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	21	34

Earned Runs	11	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	21	38

Walks	11	16

ERA	4.28	4.46

WHIP	1.47	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
News
	The White Sox activated RHP Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Ronel Blanco allowed four earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out eight over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Jordan Hicks will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	The Astros activated Ronel Blanco from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The White Sox placed Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Jordan Hicks walked one and struck out one over 1 1/3 scoreless innings in Monday’s win over Marlins Chris Schommer Tue, Mar 31st	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox. Brenton Kemp Sun, Feb 1st	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Hicks for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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