Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Max Kepler (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 - TEX	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 1200	# 391

Projections

Runs	5	15
Home Runs	1	4
RBI	4	16
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.249	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	# 295

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	136	80

Runs	8	8

Hits	29	19

Singles	24	11

Doubles	3	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	8	15

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	7

Strikeouts	29	17

Batting Average	.213	.238

On Base Pct	.299	.292

Slugging Pct	.272	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.571	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	44	119

Runs	5	15

Hits	11	28

Singles	7	18

Doubles	2	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	4

RBI	4	16

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	12

Strikeouts	10	26

Batting Average	.249	.237

On Base Pct	.340	.313

Slugging Pct	.379	.393

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Max Kepler went 3-for-5 with two RBI in the Diamondbacks 3-2 loss against the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Max Kepler went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 6-5 win over the Athletics on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Max Kepler went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in the Diamondbacks 8-0 win over the Padres on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
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			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th				vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Max Kepler (2026)

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