Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 339
VBR	‐	# 1200

Projections

Runs	‐	5
Home Runs	‐	1
RBI	‐	4
Stolen Bases	‐	1
Batting Average	‐	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 397	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	24	136

Runs	1	8

Hits	2	29

Singles	1	24

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	0	8

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	2	16

Strikeouts	8	29

Batting Average	.083	.213

On Base Pct	.154	.299

Slugging Pct	.125	.272

On-base Plus Slugging	.279	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	44

Runs	‐	5

Hits	‐	11

Singles	‐	7

Doubles	‐	2

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	1

RBI	‐	4

Stolen Bases	‐	1

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	5

Strikeouts	‐	10

Batting Average	‐	.249

On Base Pct	‐	.340

Slugging Pct	‐	.379

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	The Braves signed Carlos Santana to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	The Diamondbacks released 1B Carlos Santana. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	The Diamondbacks activated Carlos Santana from the injured list and designated him for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Carlos Santana was hit by a pitch three times in the Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Diamondbacks sent Carlos Santana to the Arizona Complex League to begin a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	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
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Josh Smith (2026)

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