Who Should I Trade?

Cam Smith for Santiago Espinal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cam Smith RF - HOU	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	‐
VBR	# 231	‐

Projections

Runs	23	3
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	21	3
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.237	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 192	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 154	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 161	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 136	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	# 371

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cam Smith RF - HOU	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	334	56

Runs	39	5

Hits	70	15

Singles	44	11

Doubles	13	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	34	7

Stolen Bases	10	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	32	1

Strikeouts	90	8

Batting Average	.210	.268

On Base Pct	.283	.276

Slugging Pct	.362	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.646	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cam Smith RF - HOU	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	176	25

Runs	23	3

Hits	42	6

Singles	27	5

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	21	3

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	2

Strikeouts	50	5

Batting Average	.237	.245

On Base Pct	.310	.302

Slugging Pct	.392	.347

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.649

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cam Smith RF - HOU	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Cam Smith went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Rangers signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Cam Smith went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th	Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th
	Cam Smith is in the Astros lineup on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
	Cam Smith went 1-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The Dodgers sent INF Santiago Espinal outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Cam Smith fouling a ball off his foot during Saturday’s game against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Dodgers designated INF Santiago Espinal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cam Smith RF - HOU			Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#366	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cam Smith for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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