Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Michael Conforto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 287	# 339
VBR	# 871	# 1154

Projections

Runs	12	9
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	12	7
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.226	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 249	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	# 448

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 367	# 283

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	168	136

Runs	24	8

Hits	39	29

Singles	19	24

Doubles	11	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	24	8

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	23	16

Strikeouts	56	29

Batting Average	.232	.213

On Base Pct	.326	.299

Slugging Pct	.458	.272

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	88	66

Runs	12	9

Hits	20	15

Singles	12	11

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	12	7

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	7

Strikeouts	26	15

Batting Average	.226	.235

On Base Pct	.318	.323

Slugging Pct	.395	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.675

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Michael Conforto went 1-for2 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 11-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Michael Conforto went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Michael Conforto went 3-for-4 with two home runs, two walks, four runs scored and four RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Michael Conforto went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Michael Conforto hit a game-tying three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning as part of a two-hit day on Sunday. The White Sox, however, won the game, 9-8, in 10 innings. David Leisering Sun, May 17th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#370
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Michael Conforto (2026)

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