Who Should I Trade?

Alan Roden for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Alan Roden LF,RF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 1141	# 641

Projections

Runs	11	14
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	8	13
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.240	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	# 350

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Alan Roden LF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	122	17

Runs	8	0

Hits	28	4

Singles	23	4

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	8	3

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	26	4

Batting Average	.230	.235

On Base Pct	.312	.316

Slugging Pct	.295	.235

On-base Plus Slugging	.607	.551

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Alan Roden LF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	83	110

Runs	11	14

Hits	20	27

Singles	14	19

Doubles	4	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	8	13

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	9	11

Strikeouts	18	24

Batting Average	.240	.250

On Base Pct	.325	.329

Slugging Pct	.359	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.684	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Alan Roden LF,RF - MIN
News
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Twins recalled Alan Roden from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Josh Smith went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. He entered as a pinch hitter for Justin Foscue in the sixth inning and immediately delivered a solo homer to right field before adding an RBI infield single in the seventh. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd	Alan Roden’s rehab assignment is being moved from the FCL up to Low-A Fort Myers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	Alan Roden has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	Alan Roden will be sidelined for at least four weeks after being diagnosed with a small labrum tear in his right shoulder. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	The Rangers activated Josh Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Alan Roden LF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Alan Roden for Josh Smith (2026)

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