Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 1124	‐

Projections

Runs	10	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	8	4
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.240	.196

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	122	18

Runs	8	3

Hits	28	2

Singles	23	0

Doubles	3	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	8	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	26	8

Batting Average	.230	.111

On Base Pct	.312	.200

Slugging Pct	.295	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.607	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	77	28

Runs	10	3

Hits	19	6

Singles	13	3

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	8	4

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	17	9

Batting Average	.240	.196

On Base Pct	.325	.262

Slugging Pct	.364	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	.619

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	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 Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	The Rangers activated Josh Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Josh Smith (2026)

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