Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	# 341
VBR	# 211	# 1136

Projections

Runs	17	8
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	19	7
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.234	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 282

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 448

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


At Bats	155	146

Runs	28	11

Hits	38	32

Singles	14	26

Doubles	9	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	14	2

RBI	38	9

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	30	16

Strikeouts	68	32

Batting Average	.245	.219

On Base Pct	.367	.299

Slugging Pct	.587	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.954	.593

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


At Bats	127	66

Runs	17	8

Hits	30	16

Singles	17	11

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	19	7

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	7

Strikeouts	43	15

Batting Average	.234	.236

On Base Pct	.322	.321

Slugging Pct	.431	.351

On-base Plus Slugging	.754	.672

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Esmerlyn Valdez was removed from Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks after being hit by a pitch on the left hand. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-7 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Ari Koslow 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
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-5 loss against the Yankees on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#345
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#87	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#335	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#230	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#279
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#213	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#283
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#198
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#187	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

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Esmerlyn Valdez for Josh Smith (2026)

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