Who Should I Trade?

Shane Smith for Taj Bradley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	Shane Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	# 264
VBR	# 246	# 777

Projections

Strikeouts	33	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.34
WHIP	1.32	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 130	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	# 174

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 65	# 352

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	3

Games Started	26	3

Innings Pitched	147.1	8.1

Wins	9	0

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	125	12

Earned Runs	65	10

Home Runs Allowed	20	1

Strikeouts	169	11

Walks	63	9

ERA	3.97	10.80

WHIP	1.28	2.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	32.3	10.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	9

Earned Runs	15	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	33	9

Walks	13	4

ERA	4.17	4.34

WHIP	1.32	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	Shane Smith SP - CWS
News
	Taj Bradley allowed one earned run on two hits and three walks while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Braves. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	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
	Taj Bradley allowed five earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 7-1 loss to the Phillies. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 14th	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th
	Taj Bradley allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 9th	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
	Taj Bradley allowed three earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out two over six innings in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Taj Bradley allowed two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out 10 over six innings in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN			Shane Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Aug 14th				@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs COL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Smith for Taj Bradley (2026)

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