Who Should I Trade?

Ken Waldichuk for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	‐
VBR	# 464	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	31	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.34	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 210	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 174	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 345	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	5

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	9.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	7

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	11	8

Walks	9	6

ERA	10.80	6.75

WHIP	2.52	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	32.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.34	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
News
	Shane Smith is expected to miss a couple of weeks at Triple-A Charlotte due to a right rotator cuff strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	Ken Waldichuk underwent Tommy John surgery along with an internal brace procedure to repair a flexor tendon and UCL injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 60-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Shane Smith allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out one over three innings in Wednesday’s 10-0 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 2nd	Ken Waldichuk will receive a second opinion after being recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Shane Smith didn't last long Thursday, and the White Sox paid for it in a 14-2 rout, allowing three earned runs runs on three hits and two walks while striking out two over 1 2/3 innings in Thursday’s loss to Brewers. Chris Schommer Fri, Mar 27th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th	Ken Waldichuk was removed from Sunday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Smith SP - CWS			Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Ken Waldichuk for Shane Smith (2026)

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