Who Should I Trade?

Ernie Clement for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 128	# 340
VBR	# 167	# 1044

Projections

Runs	25	12
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	22	9
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.273	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 116	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 140	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 115	# 284

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 108	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	393	126

Runs	46	8

Hits	117	28

Singles	84	23

Doubles	24	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	33	8

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	14

Strikeouts	39	27

Batting Average	.298	.222

On Base Pct	.323	.303

Slugging Pct	.425	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.589

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	204	90

Runs	25	12

Hits	56	22

Singles	39	15

Doubles	11	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	22	9

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	9	10

Strikeouts	23	20

Batting Average	.273	.244

On Base Pct	.305	.331

Slugging Pct	.396	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 in a 6-0 win over the Red Sox with one double, one stolen base, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Padres with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 9-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	Ernie Clement is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Ernie Clement for Josh Smith (2026)

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