Who Should I Trade?

Francisco Alvarez for Will Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Smith C - LAD	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	# 166
VBR	# 498	# 295

Projections

Runs	7	10
Home Runs	2	4
RBI	7	11
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.251	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	# 166

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	# 203

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	# 284

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	# 299

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	# 105

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 131	# 121

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Smith C - LAD	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	173	298

Runs	23	29

Hits	43	70

Singles	32	46

Doubles	5	11

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	13

RBI	23	30

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	36

Strikeouts	34	101

Batting Average	.249	.235

On Base Pct	.338	.325

Slugging Pct	.382	.403

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.727

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Smith C - LAD	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	46	77

Runs	7	10

Hits	12	18

Singles	7	11

Doubles	2	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	7	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	9

Strikeouts	10	24

Batting Average	.251	.231

On Base Pct	.353	.315

Slugging Pct	.424	.416

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.730

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Smith C - LAD	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM
News
	Will Smith went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in a rehab game for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Francisco Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th
	Will Smith will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Mets are reportedly shopping Francisco Alvarez in a trade. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Will Smith took live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Francisco Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Will Smith could be sent on a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Francisco Alvarez went 2-for-3 in Thursday’s win over the Phillies with two solo home runs and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Will Smith could progress to on-field batting practice this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Francisco Alvarez went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday’s 9-6 loss to the Cubs. He drove in the Mets’ first two runs with a two-run single in his first plate appearance before adding a 403-foot solo homer off Phil Maton in the seventh inning. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Smith C - LAD			Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202

Who Should I Trade?

Francisco Alvarez for Will Smith (2026)

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