Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Yarbrough for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	# 302
VBR	# 579	# 703

Projections

Strikeouts	27	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.47
WHIP	1.39	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 174	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 348	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 223

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	26

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	8.1	42.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	37

Earned Runs	10	22

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	11	30

Walks	9	18

ERA	10.80	4.64

WHIP	2.52	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	20

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	28.9	18.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	26	18

Earned Runs	14	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	27	15

Walks	12	6

ERA	4.39	4.47

WHIP	1.39	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY
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	Ryan Yarbrough will start for Team USA in Wednesday's exhibition game against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th
	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
	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
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Smith SP - CWS			Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
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
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				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
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
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
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Yarbrough for Shane Smith (2026)

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