Who Should I Trade?

Danny Jansen for Will Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 129	# 320
VBR	# 267	# 1170

Projections

Runs	8	4
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	8	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.258	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	# 268

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	# 325

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	# 409

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Smith C - LAD	Danny Jansen C - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	173	146

Runs	23	14

Hits	43	24

Singles	32	11

Doubles	5	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	23	16

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	23	14

Strikeouts	34	48

Batting Average	.249	.164

On Base Pct	.338	.261

Slugging Pct	.382	.329

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.589

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Smith C - LAD	Danny Jansen C - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	50	36

Runs	8	4

Hits	13	7

Singles	8	4

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	8	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	4

Strikeouts	11	10

Batting Average	.258	.207

On Base Pct	.359	.304

Slugging Pct	.439	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	.672

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Smith C - LAD	Danny Jansen C - TEX
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	Danny Jansen went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th
	Will Smith will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Danny Jansen went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's loss to the White Sox with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th
	Will Smith took live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Rangers activated Danny Jansen from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Will Smith could be sent on a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Danny Jansen is expected to begin a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Will Smith could progress to on-field batting practice this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Rangers placed C Danny Jansen on the 10-day injured list with a strained right forearm. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
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			Danny Jansen C - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#85
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#139
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#290
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#226	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#258	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#255
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#191	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Danny Jansen for Will Smith (2026)

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