Esmerlyn Valdez or Josh Smith

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Esmerlyn Valdez or Josh Smith Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	181	241

Runs	21	40

Hits	41	56

Singles	31	24

Doubles	3	14

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	17

RBI	15	47

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	23	42

Strikeouts	47	108

Batting Average	.227	.232

On Base Pct	.317	.345

Slugging Pct	.354	.510

On-base Plus Slugging	.671	.855

Esmerlyn Valdez or Josh Smith Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	452	28

Runs	61	3

Hits	112	6

Singles	75	4

Doubles	23	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	11	1

RBI	46	4

Stolen Bases	10	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	48	2

Strikeouts	99	9

Batting Average	.247	.228

On Base Pct	.318	.287

Slugging Pct	.374	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.663

Esmerlyn Valdez or Josh Smith Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Josh Smith went 1-for-2 in the win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 3rd	Esmerlyn Valdez is not in the Pirates lineup on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
	Josh Smith (hamstring) was activated from the IL ahead of Tuesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Sep 1st	Esmerlyn Valdez (hamstring) left Friday's game against the Cubs early. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Sep 11th
	Josh Smith has continued on his rehab assignment with Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-2 with a home run in the Pirates 4-2 win over the White Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 10th
	Josh Smith began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Pirates 5-4 win over the Cardinals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	Josh Smith is expected to play in rehab games on Thursday and Friday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 3-2 win over the Padres on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
Notes
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Esmerlyn Valdez or Josh Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#381	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#399
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#287
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#283
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#268
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#378	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#148
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#194
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69