Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward 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	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 1141	‐

Projections

Runs	11	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	8	1
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.240	.222

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	122	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	28	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Batting Average	.230	‐

On Base Pct	.312	‐

Slugging Pct	.295	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.607	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	83	5

Runs	11	1

Hits	20	1

Singles	14	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	8	1

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	18	1

Batting Average	.240	.222

On Base Pct	.325	.300

Slugging Pct	.359	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.684	.522

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Rangers activated Josh Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#102	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#77	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs BAL
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ ATH
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Josh Smith (2026)

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