Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Nelson Velazquez (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	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	# 302
VBR	# 1129	# 1146

Projections

Runs	10	9
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	8	9
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.242	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	# 378

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	122	60

Runs	8	10

Hits	28	14

Singles	23	7

Doubles	3	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	4

RBI	8	12

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	6

Strikeouts	26	19

Batting Average	.230	.233

On Base Pct	.312	.309

Slugging Pct	.295	.483

On-base Plus Slugging	.607	.792

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	62

Runs	10	9

Hits	19	14

Singles	13	8

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	8	9

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	6

Strikeouts	18	19

Batting Average	.242	.230

On Base Pct	.327	.307

Slugging Pct	.363	.430

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-5 in the doubleheader against the Brewers with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-2 in win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and one walk. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-4 in a 9-2 win over the Mets with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 11th
	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Cubs with a home run, one walk, two runs scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th
	The Rangers activated Josh Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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