Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez 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 - TOR	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 341	‐
VBR	# 1198	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.237	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	136	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	29	‐

Singles	24	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Batting Average	.213	‐

On Base Pct	.299	‐

Slugging Pct	.272	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.571	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	47	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	8	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.326	‐

Slugging Pct	.363	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
News
	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	The Pirates designated INF Enmanuel Valdez for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	The Pirates optioned INF Enmanuel Valdez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer 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
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
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 - TOR			Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#254	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Josh Smith (2026)

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