Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 167	# 339
VBR	# 1225	# 1131

Projections

Runs	2	8
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	2	7
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.266	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 225	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	153

Runs	49	12

Hits	72	33

Singles	37	27

Doubles	17	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	17	2

RBI	48	9

Stolen Bases	6	4

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	39	18

Strikeouts	63	37

Batting Average	.253	.216

On Base Pct	.353	.301

Slugging Pct	.498	.288

On-base Plus Slugging	.851	.588

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	17	65

Runs	2	8

Hits	5	15

Singles	3	11

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	2	7

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	7

Strikeouts	4	14

Batting Average	.266	.240

On Base Pct	.337	.326

Slugging Pct	.453	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
News
	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd
	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	The Red Sox are placing Curtis Mead on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Curtis Mead was removed from Monday’s game against the Athletics with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#346	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#182	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#396
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#411
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#240
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104
Sat, May 9th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Josh Smith (2026)

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