Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Hicks for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 52	‐
VBR	# 248	# 556

Projections

Strikeouts	47	18
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.31	4.23
WHIP	1.32	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 53	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 53	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	# 395

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	35

Games Started	24	1

Innings Pitched	156.2	32.0

Wins	12	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	148	24

Earned Runs	65	11

Home Runs Allowed	17	1

Strikeouts	120	37

Walks	41	22

ERA	3.73	3.09

WHIP	1.21	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	21

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	57.5	18.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	56	17

Earned Runs	28	9

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	47	18

Walks	17	9

ERA	4.31	4.23

WHIP	1.32	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
News
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings to earn the win in Sunday's 2-0 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	The White Sox activated RHP Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Jordan Hicks will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The White Sox placed Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Sandy Alcantara allowed one run on three hits and four walks while striking out seven across six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox. Brenton Kemp Sun, Feb 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA			Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Hicks for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

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