Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 291	# 340
VBR	# 593	# 1092

Projections

Runs	14	12
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	15	9
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.249	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 251	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	223	132

Runs	23	8

Hits	57	29

Singles	32	24

Doubles	13	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	33	8

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	26	14

Strikeouts	64	28

Batting Average	.256	.220

On Base Pct	.333	.297

Slugging Pct	.475	.280

On-base Plus Slugging	.809	.578

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	103	94

Runs	14	12

Hits	26	23

Singles	17	16

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	15	9

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	10

Strikeouts	29	21

Batting Average	.249	.242

On Base Pct	.338	.328

Slugging Pct	.419	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Nathaniel Lowe went 3-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Reds first baseman Nathaniel Lowe hit a solo home run in an 8-1 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th	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
	Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-5 in a win over the Phillies with two doubles, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

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