Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Hicks for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 558	# 598

Projections

Strikeouts	19	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.24	4.12
WHIP	1.48	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 280

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 395	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	11

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	32.0	13.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	24	11

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	37	20

Walks	22	7

ERA	3.09	2.70

WHIP	1.44	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.6	12.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	12

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	13

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.24	4.12

WHIP	1.48	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
News
	The White Sox activated RHP Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Ryan Fernandez was optioned back to Triple-A Memphis after Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Jordan Hicks will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Ryan Fernandez took the loss against the Brewers, allowing two hits and three runs (two earned) while recording zero outs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	The White Sox placed Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Cardinals activated RHP Ryan Fernandez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Ryan Fernandez began a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox. Brenton Kemp Sun, Feb 1st	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryan Fernandez on the 15-day injured list with lower back pain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
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			Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Hicks for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

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