Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Hicks for Scott Barlow (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Scott Barlow RP - FA	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 380	‐
VBR	‐	# 652

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	10
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.98
WHIP	‐	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 369	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 378	# 395

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Scott Barlow RP - FA	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	43

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	33.1	40.0

Wins	2	2

Losses	0	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	10	8

Hits Allowed	26	36

Earned Runs	24	17

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	29	49

Walks	19	25

ERA	6.48	3.83

WHIP	1.35	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Scott Barlow RP - FA	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	10.3

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	2

Hits Allowed	‐	9

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	10

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	3.98

WHIP	‐	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Scott Barlow RP - FA	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Royals released RHP Scott Barlow. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	The White Sox activated RHP Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Scott Barlow has agreed to a minor league contract with the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	Jordan Hicks will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	Scott Barlow was released by the Athletics on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	The White Sox placed Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Athletics designated RHP Scott Barlow for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Scott Barlow has agreed to a one-year deal with the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Feb 6th	The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox. Brenton Kemp Sun, Feb 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Scott Barlow RP - FA	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Sun, Mar 29th		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Mon, Apr 6th		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, Apr 7th		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Thu, Apr 9th		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Apr 10th		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Fri, Apr 17th		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Sat, Apr 18th		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 24th		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Apr 27th		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 29th		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Fri, May 1st		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sat, May 2nd		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sun, May 3rd		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Mon, May 4th		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, May 5th		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Fri, May 8th		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, May 9th		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sun, May 10th		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 12th		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, May 14th		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, May 15th		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sat, May 16th		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sun, May 17th		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, May 18th		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Tue, May 19th		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Wed, May 20th		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Fri, May 22nd		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Sun, May 24th		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, May 25th		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, May 26th		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, May 27th		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Thu, May 28th		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Fri, May 29th		vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sat, May 30th		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sun, May 31st		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Jun 1st		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 2nd		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sun, Jun 7th		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th		vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 12th		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 13th		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th		@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Fri, Jun 19th		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th		@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th		vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Wed, Jul 1st		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jul 3rd		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th		@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jul 8th		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th		vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Fri, Jul 10th		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Jul 17th		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Mon, Jul 20th		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, Jul 25th		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th		vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Mon, Jul 27th		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Fri, Jul 31st		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th		@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Wed, Aug 5th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, Aug 11th		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 12th		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 13th		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Aug 14th		@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Sat, Aug 15th		@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sun, Aug 16th		@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Mon, Aug 17th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Aug 18th		@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Aug 19th		@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Thu, Aug 20th		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Fri, Aug 21st		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sat, Aug 22nd		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sun, Aug 23rd		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 24th		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Aug 26th		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Aug 28th		@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sun, Aug 30th		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Sep 1st		@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Thu, Sep 3rd		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Fri, Sep 4th		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sat, Sep 5th		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sun, Sep 6th		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 8th		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Sep 9th		vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th		vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th		@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th		@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th		@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th		@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th		@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th		@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th		vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th		vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th		vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th		vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th		@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th		vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th		vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th		vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Hicks for Scott Barlow (2026)

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