Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Leody Taveras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 341	# 297
VBR	# 1198	# 1018

Projections

Runs	6	10
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	5	8
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.237	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	# 252

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	# 292

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	136	297

Runs	8	41

Hits	29	65

Singles	24	45

Doubles	3	10

Triples	1	5

Home Runs	1	5

RBI	8	39

Stolen Bases	3	10

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	16	34

Strikeouts	29	86

Batting Average	.213	.219

On Base Pct	.299	.300

Slugging Pct	.272	.337

On-base Plus Slugging	.571	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	47	77

Runs	6	10

Hits	11	18

Singles	8	12

Doubles	2	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	5	8

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	5	6

Strikeouts	10	19

Batting Average	.237	.231

On Base Pct	.326	.287

Slugging Pct	.363	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
News
	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in an 8-5 win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 28th
	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in the win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Taveras went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, one strikeout, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in a win over the Red Sox with one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 5th
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			Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#254	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL

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