Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Sims for Rafael Montero (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	13
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.39
WHIP	‐	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 423	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
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	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	27

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	14.4

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	13

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	13

Walks	‐	7

ERA	‐	4.39

WHIP	‐	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	The White Sox re-signed RHP Lucas Sims to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	Montero (personal) joined New York as a non-roster invitee with plans to compete for a bullpen position during spring games. Visa complications have prevented him from arriving at Yankees camp. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	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	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	The White Sox designated RHP Lucas Sims for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd	The New York Yankees signed Rafael Montero to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	The White Sox selected the contract of RHP Lucas Sims from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Sims for Rafael Montero (2026)

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