Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Spencer Schwellenbach (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 86	‐
VBR	# 266	# 752

Projections

Strikeouts	41	9
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	3.59
WHIP	1.29	1.17

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	# 218

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	99.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	106	‐

Earned Runs	56	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	86	‐

Walks	32	‐

ERA	5.06	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	1

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	44.1	8.8

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	42	8

Earned Runs	20	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	41	9

Walks	13	2

ERA	4.17	3.59

WHIP	1.29	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
News
	Luis Castillo will make his White Sox debut in Boston this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Spencer Schwellenbach is optimistic that he’ll be ready to make his season debut in September. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Chicago White Sox are acquiring right-hander Luis Castillo in a trade with the Seattle Mariners for reliever Seranthony Dominguez, outfielder Nolan Jones and catching prospect Boston Smith. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Spencer Schwellenbach is with the Braves throwing bullpens. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Luis Castillo allowed five runs on 11 hits over five innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Spencer Schwellenbach has been cleared to throw bullpen sessions. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Luis Castillo will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Braves manager Walt Weiss did not have an update on the status of Spencer Schwellenbach. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Spencer Schwellenbach could return to the Braves starting rotation in late August or early September. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS			Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Spencer Schwellenbach (2026)

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