Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 237	‐
VBR	# 1124	# 1323

Projections

Runs	11	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.249	.199

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 254	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 258	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 274	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 200	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	224	55

Runs	35	8

Hits	58	12

Singles	44	5

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	39	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	5

Strikeouts	35	17

Batting Average	.259	.218

On Base Pct	.316	.283

Slugging Pct	.388	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	88	9

Runs	11	1

Hits	22	2

Singles	15	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	19	2

Batting Average	.249	.199

On Base Pct	.315	.279

Slugging Pct	.381	.334

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.614

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
News
	Dominic Smith went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Dominic Smith went 1-for-4 with a three-run double in Thursday's 11-5 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	Dominic Smith went 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	Dominic Smith went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, a triple, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 9-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 21st	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Dominic Smith went 4-for-4 with four singles and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jun 16th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Ryan Ward (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation