Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Pavin Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 90	# 331
VBR	# 93	# 1338

Projections

Runs	19	1
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	22	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.236	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 100	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 65	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 82	# 270

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 94	# 412

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	441	78

Runs	61	5

Hits	103	11

Singles	55	9

Doubles	24	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	23	1

RBI	71	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	42	10

Strikeouts	114	18

Batting Average	.234	.141

On Base Pct	.312	.236

Slugging Pct	.449	.192

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.428

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	136	7

Runs	19	1

Hits	32	2

Singles	18	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	22	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	38	2

Batting Average	.236	.227

On Base Pct	.316	.298

Slugging Pct	.441	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.698

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
News
	Christian Walker went 2-for-5 in a 10-7 win over the Mariners with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Pavin Smith cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Diamondbacks designated Pavin Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Christian Walker went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Diamondbacks activated Pavin Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said an illness kept Pavin Smith out of a rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in Friday's 9-5 win over the White Sox with a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Pavin Smith could be activated from the injured list next week. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU			Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#135	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#232
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#120	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#122	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#290	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#173
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#421
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#252	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#49	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#296	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#408	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#187
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#70	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#282	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#270	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#379
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#136	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#334
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#195	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#227	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#412	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#68	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Pavin Smith (2026)

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