Who Should I Trade?

J.C. Escarra for Will Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Smith C - LAD	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 130	‐
VBR	# 498	# 1332

Projections

Runs	7	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	7	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.251	.096

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	# 455

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Smith C - LAD	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	173	85

Runs	23	8

Hits	43	16

Singles	32	10

Doubles	5	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	23	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	6

Strikeouts	34	18

Batting Average	.249	.188

On Base Pct	.338	.239

Slugging Pct	.382	.271

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.510

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Smith C - LAD	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	46	3

Runs	7	0

Hits	12	0

Singles	7	0

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	7	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	0

Strikeouts	10	0

Batting Average	.251	.096

On Base Pct	.353	.151

Slugging Pct	.424	.127

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.278

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Smith C - LAD	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
News
	Will Smith will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Yankees optioned C J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Will Smith took live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Yankees recalled C J.C. Escarra from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Will Smith could be sent on a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Yankees optioned C J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Will Smith could progress to on-field batting practice this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Yankees recalled C J.C. Escarra from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Will Smith continues to work through a hitting progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	J.C. Escarra went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 13-4 win over the Royals with a double, a triple, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Smith C - LAD			J.C. Escarra C - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

J.C. Escarra for Will Smith (2026)

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