Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	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	‐	# 339
VBR	# 457	# 1141

Projections

Runs	18	11
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	18	8
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.236	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 265	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	144	122

Runs	17	8

Hits	35	28

Singles	22	23

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	18	8

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	14

Strikeouts	34	26

Batting Average	.243	.230

On Base Pct	.325	.312

Slugging Pct	.417	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.607

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	132	83

Runs	18	11

Hits	31	20

Singles	19	14

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	18	8

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	9

Strikeouts	36	18

Batting Average	.236	.240

On Base Pct	.313	.325

Slugging Pct	.419	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.684

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th	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
	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Jared Young was activated from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	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
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sat, Apr 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Josh Smith (2026)

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