Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 368	# 339
VBR	‐	# 1141

Projections

Runs	5	11
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	5	8
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.221	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 383	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 329	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	37	122

Runs	1	8

Hits	8	28

Singles	5	23

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	6	8

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	1	14

Strikeouts	8	26

Batting Average	.216	.230

On Base Pct	.237	.312

Slugging Pct	.297	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.534	.607

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	43	83

Runs	5	11

Hits	10	20

Singles	6	14

Doubles	2	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	5	8

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	4	9

Strikeouts	12	18

Batting Average	.221	.240

On Base Pct	.287	.325

Slugging Pct	.372	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.659	.684

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	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
	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Rangers activated Josh Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Josh Smith (2026)

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