Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 1131	# 1152

Projections

Runs	8	7
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	7	6
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.240	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	153	74

Runs	11	11

Hits	33	16

Singles	27	10

Doubles	3	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	9	15

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	15

Strikeouts	37	18

Batting Average	.216	.216

On Base Pct	.301	.348

Slugging Pct	.288	.351

On-base Plus Slugging	.588	.700

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	65	50

Runs	8	7

Hits	15	11

Singles	11	7

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	7	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	8

Strikeouts	14	14

Batting Average	.240	.220

On Base Pct	.326	.339

Slugging Pct	.363	.355

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	.694

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
News
	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. 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	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	The Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Astros manager Joe Espada said LaMonte Wade Jr. is recovering faster than expected. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
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 - TOR			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#396	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#240	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

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