Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	# 340
VBR	# 48	# 1124

Projections

Runs	28	10
Home Runs	9	2
RBI	32	8
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.276	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 55	# 284

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	388	122

Runs	54	8

Hits	110	28

Singles	69	23

Doubles	25	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	15	1

RBI	69	8

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	34	14

Strikeouts	64	26

Batting Average	.284	.230

On Base Pct	.345	.312

Slugging Pct	.469	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.607

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	213	77

Runs	28	10

Hits	59	19

Singles	39	13

Doubles	11	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	32	8

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	18	8

Strikeouts	35	17

Batting Average	.276	.240

On Base Pct	.336	.325

Slugging Pct	.455	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.792	.688

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with two doubles and one run scored. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in loss to the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 5-1 win over the Brewers with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in the win over the Cubs with one RBI and one stolen base while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Josh Smith (2026)

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