Who Should I Trade?

Blake Perkins 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	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 1129	# 1255

Projections

Runs	10	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	8	4
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.242	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	# 452

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	122	89

Runs	8	14

Hits	28	14

Singles	23	7

Doubles	3	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	8	11

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	10

Strikeouts	26	22

Batting Average	.230	.157

On Base Pct	.312	.250

Slugging Pct	.295	.258

On-base Plus Slugging	.607	.508

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	36

Runs	10	5

Hits	19	8

Singles	13	5

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	8	4

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	4

Strikeouts	18	11

Batting Average	.242	.212

On Base Pct	.327	.296

Slugging Pct	.363	.316

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.611

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
News
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Brewers recalled OF Blake Perkins from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Blake Perkins was optioned to Triple-A Nashville ahead of Tuesday's doubleheader. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	Blake Perkins went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Phillies with a double and a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	Blake Perkins went 0-for-3 in a win over the Twins with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	The Rangers activated Josh Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Brewers are expected to recall Blake Perkins from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
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			Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Perkins for Josh Smith (2026)

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