Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Shane Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 84	# 219
VBR	# 270	# 588

Projections

Strikeouts	48	30
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	4.38
WHIP	1.29	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	# 210

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	# 174

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	# 345

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	3

Games Started	16	3

Innings Pitched	94.2	8.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	95	12

Earned Runs	51	10

Home Runs Allowed	14	1

Strikeouts	84	11

Walks	30	9

ERA	4.85	10.80

WHIP	1.32	2.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	9

Games Started	8	6

Innings Pitched	51.4	32.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	29

Earned Runs	24	16

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	48	30

Walks	15	13

ERA	4.19	4.38

WHIP	1.29	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Shane Smith SP - CWS
News
	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Shane Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#316	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Shane Smith (2026)

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