Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 112	# 339
VBR	# 263	# 1200

Projections

Runs	17	5
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	18	4
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.230	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 201	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	338	136

Runs	66	8

Hits	91	29

Singles	53	24

Doubles	16	3

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	20	1

RBI	64	8

Stolen Bases	8	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	53	16

Strikeouts	102	29

Batting Average	.269	.213

On Base Pct	.372	.299

Slugging Pct	.506	.272

On-base Plus Slugging	.878	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	116	44

Runs	17	5

Hits	27	11

Singles	15	7

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	18	4

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	5

Strikeouts	38	10

Batting Average	.230	.249

On Base Pct	.333	.340

Slugging Pct	.429	.379

On-base Plus Slugging	.762	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Angels with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Rockies with a double, one walk, one stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rockies with three runs scored, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ MIN
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Josh Smith (2026)

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