Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 223	# 339
VBR	# 1040	# 1200

Projections

Runs	11	5
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	7	4
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.248	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 201	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 204	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 241	# 448

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


At Bats	255	136

Runs	37	8

Hits	61	29

Singles	45	24

Doubles	14	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	21	8

Stolen Bases	10	3

Caught Stealing	7	1

Walks	42	16

Strikeouts	55	29

Batting Average	.239	.213

On Base Pct	.354	.299

Slugging Pct	.318	.272

On-base Plus Slugging	.672	.571

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


At Bats	78	44

Runs	11	5

Hits	19	11

Singles	14	7

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	7	4

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	5

Strikeouts	17	10

Batting Average	.248	.249

On Base Pct	.342	.340

Slugging Pct	.346	.379

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Austin Martin went 0-for-1 in a 5-2 win over the Cubs with one run scored, one stolen base, one walk and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Austin Martin stole a base and scored a run in an 11-4 win over the Yankees on Saturday. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Austin Martin went 1-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 2nd	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Austin Martin went 2-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Red Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Austin Martin went 2-for-4 in a 9-1 win over the Marlins on Thursday with a double, a walk, a stolen base, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, May 15th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Tue, Mar 31st				@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
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?

Austin Martin for Josh Smith (2026)

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