Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Hicks for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	‐
VBR	# 1	# 549

Projections

Strikeouts	31	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.25	4.24
WHIP	1.17	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 395

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	34

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	85.2	31.0

Wins	8	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	55	24

Earned Runs	17	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	95	36

Walks	26	22

ERA	1.79	3.19

WHIP	0.95	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	22

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	27.4	20.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	21	19

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	31	20

Walks	9	10

ERA	3.25	4.24

WHIP	1.17	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
News
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The White Sox activated RHP Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Jordan Hicks will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The White Sox placed Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-4 in loss to the Mariners with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Shohei Ohtani will not throw his scheduled bullpen on Saturday due to his knee not feeling 100%. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#241	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Hicks for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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