Who Should I Trade?

Shane Smith for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	‐
VBR	# 583	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	27	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.39	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 174	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 348	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	2

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	1

Earned Runs	10	0

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	11	1

Walks	9	0

ERA	10.80	0.00

WHIP	2.52	0.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	28.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.39	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
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 signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th	Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	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 Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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 Cubs sent RHP Vince Velasquez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Smith SP - CWS			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Smith for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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