Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Spence for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	‐
VBR	# 588	# 872

Projections

Strikeouts	30	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.38	4.83
WHIP	1.40	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 210	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 174	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 345	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 465

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	3

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	8.1	9.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	19

Earned Runs	10	22

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	11	6

Walks	9	9

ERA	10.80	21.21

WHIP	2.52	3.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	32.0	13.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	15

Earned Runs	16	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	30	10

Walks	13	5

ERA	4.38	4.83

WHIP	1.40	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
News
	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	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Smith SP - CWS			Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Spence for Shane Smith (2026)

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