Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 1069	# 1232

Projections

Runs	12	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	9	4
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.240	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	# 394

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	135	53

Runs	8	4

Hits	29	9

Singles	24	8

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	8	6

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	4

Strikeouts	29	24

Batting Average	.215	.170

On Base Pct	.296	.228

Slugging Pct	.274	.189

On-base Plus Slugging	.570	.417

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	93	39

Runs	12	5

Hits	22	8

Singles	16	6

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	9	4

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	3

Strikeouts	21	14

Batting Average	.240	.218

On Base Pct	.327	.288

Slugging Pct	.362	.351

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.640

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
News
	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	A's outfielder Denzel Clarke (hamstring) is continuing his running, hitting, and throwing progression. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Denzel Clarke continues his running, throwing and swinging progression. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Denzel Clarke has started to play catch and a swinging progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	The Athletics transferred Denzel Clarke to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	Denzel Clarke remains shut down from baseball activities. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#174
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#225	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#216	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Josh Smith (2026)

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