Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Sims for Porter Hodge (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 423	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
News
	The White Sox re-signed RHP Lucas Sims to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Cubs transferred RHP Porter Hodge to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Sims posted a 4.50 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, and 10:7 K:BB across 10 innings with Chicago before being removed from the White Sox' 40-man roster. He passed through waivers unclaimed and elected free agency Saturday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th	Porter Hodge underwent reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
	The White Sox designated RHP Lucas Sims for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd	Porter Hodge will undergo season-ending UCL surgery on his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	The White Sox selected the contract of RHP Lucas Sims from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said that the goal is for Porter Hodge to begin playing catch around April 1. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 24th
	Lucas Sims has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. The deal includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Fri, Jan 30th	Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters Porter Hodge will begin the season on the injured list with a right elbow flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS			Porter Hodge RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Sims for Porter Hodge (2026)

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