Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	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	# 249	# 341
VBR	# 280	# 1198

Projections

Runs	21	6
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	18	5
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.233	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 235	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 243	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	# 282

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	200	136

Runs	26	8

Hits	42	29

Singles	34	24

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	16	8

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	22	16

Strikeouts	51	29

Batting Average	.210	.213

On Base Pct	.301	.299

Slugging Pct	.280	.272

On-base Plus Slugging	.581	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	47

Runs	21	6

Hits	36	11

Singles	24	8

Doubles	7	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	18	5

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	19	5

Strikeouts	37	10

Batting Average	.233	.237

On Base Pct	.327	.326

Slugging Pct	.370	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.697	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
News
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	The Padres have activated infielder Jake Cronenworth off the concussion injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Jake Cronenworth will begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Jake Cronenworth is getting close to starting a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#254
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Josh Smith (2026)

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