Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Salazar for Will Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Smith C - LAD	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	‐
VBR	# 424	‐

Projections

Runs	7	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	7	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.256	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Smith C - LAD	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	173	18

Runs	23	0

Hits	43	1

Singles	32	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	23	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	3

Strikeouts	34	3

Batting Average	.249	.056

On Base Pct	.338	.227

Slugging Pct	.382	.056

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.283

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Smith C - LAD	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	45	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Batting Average	.256	‐

On Base Pct	.360	‐

Slugging Pct	.435	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.794	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Smith C - LAD	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
News
	Will Smith went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in a rehab game for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Astros sent Cesar Salazar outright to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Will Smith will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Astros designated Cesar Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Will Smith took live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Astros outrighted C César Salazar to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Will Smith could be sent on a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Astros designated C César Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Will Smith could progress to on-field batting practice this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Astros catcher Cesar Salazar has not made the club's Opening Day roster, according to manager Joe Espada. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Smith C - LAD			Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#192	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Salazar for Will Smith (2026)

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