Who Should I Trade?

Shane Smith for Tanner Houck (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	‐
VBR	# 475	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	32	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.34	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 209	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 174	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 344	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	8.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	10.80	‐

WHIP	2.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	33.7	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.34	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
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	Tanner Houck has begun light mound work. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th	The Red Sox sent Tanner Houck on a rehab assignment to Florida to continue his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	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	Tanner Houck is targeting a return to mound work in late June. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 15th
	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	Tanner Houck began a throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 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	Tanner Houck is scheduled to begin throwing next week and hopes to contribute for the Boston Red Sox in September. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Feb 11th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Smith SP - CWS			Tanner Houck SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

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Shane Smith for Tanner Houck (2026)

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