Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Josh Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	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	# 345	# 340
VBR	# 1222	# 1112

Projections

Runs	4	11
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	4	9
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.236	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	102	136

Runs	13	8

Hits	21	29

Singles	12	24

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	11	8

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	16

Strikeouts	31	29

Batting Average	.206	.213

On Base Pct	.305	.299

Slugging Pct	.324	.272

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	33	86

Runs	4	11

Hits	8	21

Singles	5	14

Doubles	2	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	4	9

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	3	10

Strikeouts	10	19

Batting Average	.236	.240

On Base Pct	.306	.328

Slugging Pct	.368	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.674	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	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 Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Loperfido for Josh Smith (2026)

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