Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Justin Dean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 1130	# 1330

Projections

Runs	10	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	8	2
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.241	.202

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

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	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	122	6

Runs	8	3

Hits	28	2

Singles	23	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	8	3

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	26	3

Batting Average	.230	.333

On Base Pct	.312	.500

Slugging Pct	.295	.667

On-base Plus Slugging	.607	1.167

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	16

Runs	10	2

Hits	19	3

Singles	13	2

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	8	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	2

Strikeouts	18	5

Batting Average	.241	.202

On Base Pct	.326	.272

Slugging Pct	.363	.303

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	.575

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	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 Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
	The Rangers activated Josh Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The San Francisco Giants have designated outfielder Justin Dean for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 6th
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			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#265	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#135	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#257	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#265	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#210	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Justin Dean (2026)

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