Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Sims for Sam Benschoter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	1
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.54
WHIP	‐	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 423	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
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	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	1.3

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	3.54

WHIP	‐	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
News
	The White Sox re-signed RHP Lucas Sims to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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
	The White Sox designated RHP Lucas Sims for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS			Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Sims for Sam Benschoter (2026)

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